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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Chodron say that cultivating equanimity takes?
(a) "At least until you die."
(b) "As long as you make it."
(c) "It will take less time if you start now."
(d) "Less time than it does to cultivate unhappiness."

2. How do we get beyond laziness to open ourselves to bodhichitta?
(a) Think positively.
(b) Work with a teacher.
(c) Physical excercise.
(d) Meditation and other warrior practices.

3. Which of the following is one of the three kinds of laziness?
(a) Comfort orientation.
(b) Depression.
(c) Lack of sleep.
(d) Running late.

4. What does the author argue that we do to sow the seeds of our own suffering?
(a) "Most of us keep strengthening our negative habits."
(b) "Most of us fail to notice that the world is full of love."
(c) "Most of us believe that we are separate from others, and seek only our own good."
(d) "Most of us focus our energies on problems."

5. What hope does Chodron write that we should abandon?
(a) Hope of earning love.
(b) Hope of growth.
(c) Hope of fruition.
(d) Hope of change.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two witnesses that Chodron writes about?

2. Where did Atisha Dipankara take the bodhichitta teachings?

3. What made Geshe Chekawa interested in publicizing the lojong slogans?

4. What does Chodron claim is the most difficult step in any practice?

5. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?

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