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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What poet does the author quote as saying, "If I don't get a vision on Desolation Peak, then my name ain't William Blake."
(a) Anne Sexton.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) John Billings.
(d) William Blake.

3. According to Chodron, what happens when we consciously try to fix faults in ourselves?
(a) We are unable to access our feelings in a meaningful way.
(b) We can increase our suffering.
(c) We can hurt others.
(d) We may have positive results, but they are uncertain.

4. What are the three characteristics of human existence?
(a) Love, hope, and peace.
(b) Impermanence, egolessness, and suffering.
(c) Change, adaptation, and unsatisfied expectations.
(d) Mediocrity, disinterest, and distraction.

5. What helps teach us the four qualities of maitri?
(a) Anger.
(b) Lessons from our past experience.
(c) Sitting meditation.
(d) Hurt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author claim that sitting meditation cultivates?

3. What relationship does a Buddhist teaching claim that we have had with all others?

4. What does Chodron warn that we become habituated to doing?

5. What does Chodron believe that the teaching of the three marks of existence can motivate us to do?

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