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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author claim is the gift of understanding that uncertainty is part of life?
(a) Not believing that others can avioid uncertainty.
(b) Understanding that certainty is not necessary to find happiness.
(c) Knowing that even Nirvana is uncertain makes it all the more exciting for believers.
(d) Knowing that nothing can be counted on saves us from disappointment.

2. What does the author compare to an elderly couple living in a protected community in Florida?
(a) Love.
(b) The relationship between a student and teacher.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) The workings of the ego.

3. What does Jarvis Jay Master write?
(a) A story about Florida.
(b) Learning to Love.
(c) A story about failure.
(d) Finding Freedom.

4. What is the second of the three lords of materialism?
(a) The lord of speech.
(b) The lord of work.
(c) The lord of competition.
(d) The lord of greed.

5. Who taught that there are three principal characteristics of human existence?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Mother Teresa.
(c) Chodron.
(d) Martin Luther King.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author relates the story of a woman who found herself surrounded by people threatening to throw stones. What did she feel in that moment?

2. What does the author recommend that we do with our sorrow?

3. What insight did the woman give whom the author mentions is constantly on a diet?

4. What is the first lord of materialism?

5. What advice did the author receive as a six year old?

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