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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 , Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dan jokingly say he'll call the diet he follows while floating on the surfboard?
(a) The Mama Chia Diet.
(b) The Stupidity Diet.
(c) The non-eating diet.
(d) The Surfboard Diet.

2. What does Mama Chia have Dan dig?
(a) A grave.
(b) A trench.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A well.

3. At some point, what would Dan have traded for some water?
(a) His wife and daughter.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) His life.
(d) All his money.

4. What is the major difference between the author and his wife, Linda?
(a) He is meticulous and organized and she is sloppy.
(b) She is meticulous and organized and he is sloppy.
(c) He is comfortable in the "conventional" world and she is not.
(d) She is comfortable in the "conventional" world and he is not.

5. What lesson from Socrates does the author have difficulty following in this early part of the book?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Being in the present moment.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Detachment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the law of faith?

2. Who heals Mama Chia's psyche after a failed marriage?

3. Who does Mama Chia invoke?

4. What is the main thing that keeps Dan looking after feeling quite discouraged?

5. What happens to a student at Oberlin despite prayers?

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