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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that when the Buddhist techniques work, a person receives not just happiness, but what other element?
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Improved health.
(c) A youthful smile.
(d) Clarity of vision.

2. 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?
(a) LSD and heroin.
(b) Valium and heroin.
(c) Cocaine and valium.
(d) LSD and psilocybin.

3. What is the meaning of the term metta?
(a) Loving kindness.
(b) Saturation.
(c) Mantra.
(d) Extraordinary.

4. What system within the body is responsible for rewards?
(a) The cardiovascular system.
(b) The endocrine system.
(c) The dopamine system.
(d) The digestive system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the author apply to the phenomenon of road rage?

2. The first time the author attended a week-long meditation retreat, he was allowed to speak how many times?

3. In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain controls what?

4. What object does the author use as a metaphor for the feelings that connect one’s conscious mind and one’s thoughts?

5. What do psychologists call the network in the brain that is active when people are not doing anything in particular?

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