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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 does Chondron claim is required to forgive?
(a) Spiritual teaching.
(b) Love.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Hope.

2. What upset the woman who was always late in Chodron's story?
(a) When someone else was late.
(b) Her daughter fell.
(c) Her food spoiled.
(d) She wanted a raise, but her boss said she never arrived on time.

3. Where did the Buddha teach groundlessness?
(a) The Firefly River.
(b) A beach.
(c) Vulture Peak Mountain.
(d) The Imperial Forest.

4. How does equanimity compare with our usual perspective?
(a) It is less happy.
(b) It is bigger.
(c) It is happier.
(d) It is less confusing.

5. What does the author claim that thoughts become with time?
(a) "Convoluted."
(b) "More and more clear."
(c) "More and more separate from others."
(d) "100 percent believable."

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to equanimity when we can "dwell in the places that scare us"?

2. What is prajnaparamita?

3. What is the near enemy of loving-kindness?

4. Which of the following is a near enemy of compassion?

5. What sense is associated with "loss of heart"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Chodron describe laziness characterized by wanting to avoid inconvenience?

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

4. What did the Buddha teach his students on Vulture Peak Mountain?

5. What are the three futile strategies?

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

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

8. What is equanimity?

9. What are the six ways of compassionate living?

10. How does the author believe we cultivate the conditions for joy to expand?

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