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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ruth Johnson?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) An older woman in a muumuu.
(c) The young bank teller with whom Millman has dinner.
(d) A psychiatrist.

2. What does the author do on his wedding night?
(a) Skydive.
(b) Go Fishing.
(c) Cry.
(d) Sleep.

3. At what time of the year does Millman arrive in Delhi?
(a) The monsoon season.
(b) The hot, dry season.
(c) Early summer.
(d) The holy season.

4. What does Ruth tell Dan to do in her note?
(a) Come back in three days.
(b) Go home to his wife and daughter.
(c) Go meditate for three days on top of Peli.
(d) Go ride a surfboard.

5. What is one thing the Advaita Vendanta teach?
(a) That spirit is ascendent over flesh.
(b) That life is more important than the between life.
(c) That flesh is impure.
(d) That flesh and spirit are not separate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of juice do Ruth and Dan have to drink when they first meet?

2. What fades in the author's memories as he leads a "normal" life?

3. Why does Millman become more dejected as time passes on his travels?

4. What is the major difference between the author and his wife, Linda?

5. After Stanford, where does the author accept a teaching position?

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