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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 that he suspects that our recognition of familiar people, pets, and even objects within our lives is based on what?
(a) Survival tactics.
(b) Our feelings about them.
(c) Our ideas about them.
(d) Competitive feelings.

2. Which philosopher compared the relationship between feelings and the rational self to the relationship between horses and a charioteer?
(a) Hume.
(b) Maslow.
(c) Plato.
(d) Descartes.

3. How did the author feel when his meditation teacher told him that his frustration with meditation was a good sign?
(a) Assured.
(b) Patronized.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Proud.

4. What kind of meditation does the author say produced a feeling that is probably similar to two hard drugs?
(a) Concentration meditation.
(b) Laughing meditation.
(c) Group meditation.
(d) Mindfulness meditation.

5. Which of the following examples is used by the author to demonstrate that human brains are not foolproof?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Optical illusions.
(c) Binoculars.
(d) Super-8 videos.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that seeing the world as what is an essential step on the path to enlightenment?

2. What is the term for the tendency to attribute inner essences to things?

3. What object does the author use as an example of illogical attachment to inanimate objects?

4. The author states that perception is what type of process?

5. What system within the body is responsible for rewards?

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