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

2. What are the three noble principles?
(a) Confess your faults, move toward your fears, and release your expectations.
(b) Good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end.
(c) Meditate, exercise, and rest.
(d) Love, hope, and generosity.

3. What does the author claim Martin Luther King is an example of?
(a) A person who put love first.
(b) A true teacher.
(c) A truly centered person.
(d) A master warrior.

4. What is the third lord of materialism?
(a) The lord of applause.
(b) The lord of mind.
(c) The lord of convenience.
(d) The lord of ambition.

5. How many steps does the aspiration practice for compassion have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chodron claim we cultivate through making aspirations?

2. What are the four limitless qualities?

3. Which of the two witnesses does Chodron say we should hold?

4. What does the author argue that we do to sow the seeds of our own suffering?

5. How does the author characterize meditation?

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