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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. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?
(a) Loss of heart.
(b) Blocked feelings.
(c) Bodhichitta.
(d) Nostalgia.

2. What is lhenchak?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Tibetan for "missed opportunity to feel love."
(c) An Indian term for "practicality meeting creativity."
(d) A Tibetan term for how free-flowing love can go "astray."

3. What is the near enemy of equanimity?
(a) Detachment.
(b) Worry.
(c) Fear.
(d) Criticism.

4. What is the first step to an aspiration for joy and happiness?
(a) Staying with our meditative process.
(b) Enjoying our thoughts without any effort to change our circumstance.
(c) Avoiding protests.
(d) Enjoying our own good fortune.

5. How many near enemies of compassion are there?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Chodron claim most of us are not satisfied to do?

2. What is the role of forgiveness in bodhichitta training?

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

4. What is the name of the ship captain in traditional Buddhist stories?

5. What is the near enemy of joyfulness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is lhenchak?

2. What are the near and far enemies of the four limitless qualities?

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

4. How does Chodron recommend we react when life is pleasant?

5. What does the author write about self-deception?

6. What is equanimity?

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

8. What are the three futile strategies?

9. What kinds of laziness does Chodron describe?

10. What does the author claim can be achieved through the six ways of compassionate living?

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