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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the six ways of compassionate living do?
(a) Teach us to live within our means.
(b) Fortify our relationships.
(c) Teach us to expect the unexpected.
(d) Take us beyond our fear of letting go.

2. What is threefold purity?
(a) Love, kindness, and hope.
(b) No big deal about the doer, the action, the result.
(c) Heart, mind, and hands.
(d) Peace, quiet, and goodness.

3. What did Geshe Ben do after a meal with his patrons?
(a) Got caught swimming in the pool.
(b) Was seen using the bathroom.
(c) Was found cooking.
(d) Got caught with his hand in a flour bag.

4. What did Trungpa Rinpoche say his students should do instead of listening to the radio?
(a) Sit.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Talk to their ego.
(d) Meditate.

5. What did the mother who wanted to help her heroin addicted son feel during her aspiration?
(a) Overwhelmed.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Fearful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chodron writes that, "All activities should be done with one intention." What is that intention?

2. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?

3. What is the second stage in learning to rejoice?

4. What did the cook from Gambo Alley who was miserable see as she walked unhappily?

5. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do lhenchak and loving-kindness compare?

2. How was Shariputra an example for students during the Buddha's teaching at Vulture Peak Mountain (in his teachings known as The Heart Sutra)?

3. What is the role of austerity in this text?

4. Why does the author claim that with bodhichitta practices, we eventually feel more joy?

5. What does Chodron write are the best ways to practice not doing harm?

6. How does Chodron define the "essence of bravery"?

7. What is equanimity?

8. What is the far enemy of compassion?

9. What is a traditional aspiration for awakening joy and appreciation?

10. What kinds of laziness does Chodron describe?

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