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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the far enemy of loving-kindness?

2. What is Chodron's tone in Chapter 15?

3. What can the six ways of compassionate living do?

4. What tendency is comfort orientation based on?

5. What does Chodron write about categorizing things into "for" and "against"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the three futile strategies?

4. What are the six ways of compassionate living?

5. What are the three near enemies of compassion?

6. What is lhenchak?

7. How do lhenchak and loving-kindness compare?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Chodron define suffering? Where does she claim it comes from? How does she recommend avoiding it?

Essay Topic 2

How does Chodron define joy? How does she suggest we cultivate it?

Essay Topic 3

What does the author compare our fears in life to? What analogy does she make? Do you think this is an effective analogy? Why or why not?

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