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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what movie does the first chapter, entitled "Taking the Red Pill," refer?
(a) Taxi Driver.
(b) The Matrix.
(c) Drugstore Cowboy.
(d) Magnolia.

2. Whom does the author name as the two people who would be on the highest end of the spectrum as far as ease of meditation goes?
(a) The Dalai Lama and Mister Rogers.
(b) Mister Rogers and Bob Ross.
(c) The Dalai Lama and Bob Ross.
(d) The Dalai Lama and Mahatma Gandhi.

3. What do psychologists call the condition of "being stuck" in the natural human cycle of ultimately futile pleasure-seeking?
(a) The great illusion.
(b) The hamster wheel.
(c) The hedonic treadmill.
(d) The never-ending spiral.

4. What emotion does the author NOT list as one that is likely to arise when one feels that meditation is not going well?
(a) Anger.
(b) Awareness.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Frustration.

5. What does the lizard represent at the meditation retreat attended by the author?
(a) Loving kindness.
(b) Belief.
(c) Awareness.
(d) Oneness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that what elements are just tools to help the brain sort the importance of various thoughts?

2. What is NOT a feeling listed by the author as one that fosters "wars and atrocities" (4)?

3. 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?

4. In an experiment, male respondents in rooms with women were more likely to rate what as an important goal?

5. What disorder does the author say makes it difficult for him to meditate?

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