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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states, “It’s kind of amazing, when you think about it, that the world would be set up this way: that the path you embark on to relieve yourself of suffering would, if pursued assiduously, lead you to become not just a happier person but a person with a clearer view of" (263) what two types of reality?
(a) Universal and accepted.
(b) Moral and ethical.
(c) Metaphysical and moral.
(d) Metaphysical and spiritual.

2. The author states that "modules seem to have the ability to recruit" (130) what on behalf of their goals?
(a) Faith.
(b) Other modules.
(c) Reasons.
(d) Tenets of belief.

3. When it feels like the rational self makes a decision, what is really happening, according to Kurzban?
(a) It is actually that one module is stronger than another in a particular situation.
(b) It is actually that one mental compartment is larger than another.
(c) It is actually that the sense of self is ebbing away.
(d) It is actually that the not-self is becoming fully realized.

4. Chapter 7 is entitled "The Mental Modules That Run Your" what?
(a) Machine.
(b) Mechanism.
(c) Day.
(d) Life.

5. What activity does the author most often engage in when he is avoiding work?
(a) Doing yard work.
(b) Online shopping.
(c) Baking.
(d) Riding his bike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the author say afflicts him when he is trying to work?

2. How did the author feel when his meditation teacher told him that his frustration with meditation was a good sign?

3. The author states that specific types of what can turn off the autopilot mode for feelings?

4. What two drugs does the author say he imagines produce results similar to the feelings he had after a particularly good session of meditation at his first retreat?

5. To what cause does the author attribute his unnatural attachment to a particular type of object?

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