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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the six ways of compassionate living?
(a) Reflexive listening.
(b) Aspiring.
(c) Relaxation.
(d) Generosity.

2. What is the main point of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) To love freely and ask nothing in return.
(b) To uncover the ability to love without bias.
(c) To withdraw from the noise of our daily lives.
(d) To give up our independence to join a community.

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

4. What is the final step of the formal practice of maitri?
(a) Listening to our heart in total silence.
(b) Expanding our loving kindness to all others.
(c) Understanding that our own perspective is limited.
(d) Teaching others what we have learned.

5. What ritual did Trungpa Rinpoche teach Chodron could be enjoyed?
(a) Making the bed.
(b) Cutting hair.
(c) Setting the table.
(d) Serving tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chodron, what two things do all those who set out on this path discover that we all have?

2. What is the near enemy of joyfulness?

3. Who taught that there are three principal characteristics of human existence?

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

5. What do vajrayana Buddhists claim is inherent in emotion?

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