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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is most important in doing good deeds?
(a) Attitude.
(b) Respect.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Being frank.

2. What does Chodron write that a woman she knew did in traffic?
(a) "Traffic of tonglen."
(b) A consistent 45 minute formal aspiration practice.
(c) "Sitting commute meditation."
(d) A daily negativity "detox."

3. Who or what does Chodron claim can help warriors-in-training?
(a) A journal.
(b) A master warrior.
(c) Her last book.
(d) Exposure to art.

4. Why can our good fortune be hard to miss?
(a) Because it is not "our habitual human behavior."
(b) Because it is easier to focus on negativity.
(c) Because of its "ordinariness."
(d) Because society pressures us to have so much that we focus on our lack.

5. What can the six ways of compassionate living do?
(a) Fortify our relationships.
(b) Teach us to expect the unexpected.
(c) Teach us to live within our means.
(d) Take us beyond our fear of letting go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chodron's tone in Chapter 15?

2. What is prajnaparamita?

3. Where does the title of the book come from?

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

5. How does Chodron view strength from a historical perspective?

(see the answer key)

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