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Chapters 1-3

1. To what movie does the first chapter, entitled "Taking the Red Pill," refer?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Drugstore Cowboy.
(c) The Matrix.
(d) Taxi Driver.

2. Which character in the movie referred to in the chapter entitled "Take the Red Pill" realizes that his life has actually been an extended hallucination?
(a) Altoo.
(b) Morpheus.
(c) Neo.
(d) Hagar.

3. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?
(a) Cartesians.
(b) Tibetan Buddhists.
(c) Taoists.
(d) Western Buddhists.

4. What is NOT listed among the traditional practices of Asian Buddhists not practiced by Western Buddhists?
(a) Belief in a variety of deities.
(b) Belief in reincarnation.
(c) Fixation on bodily fluids during meditative practice.
(d) Meditation.

5. What is the one thing that the author says natural selection "cares about" (3)?
(a) Sustenance.
(b) Procreation.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Survival.

6. The author uses the example of his childhood experiences with the Tooth Fairy in order to demonstrate what concept?
(a) Intertemporal reality.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Delusion.
(d) Hyperbole.

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