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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) A youthful smile.
(b) Tranquility.
(c) Improved health.
(d) Clarity of vision.

2. An intertemporal utility function represents how willing a person is to delay what?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Injury.
(c) Gratification.
(d) Death.

3. What does the acronym RAIN stand for?
(a) Recognizing, accepting, illuminating, and non-attaching from the world.
(b) Relating, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.
(c) Recognizing, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.
(d) Recognizing, alleviating, investigating, and non-attaching from the consciousness.

4. How many parts belong to the Path that "deeply committed Buddhists are supposed to tread" (48)?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

5. What happened when the author analyzed closely his feelings before his speech at Poptech?
(a) The anxiety seemed to ebb.
(b) The shame increased.
(c) The fear stayed within practicable limits.
(d) The fear went away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the term metta?

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

3. Which of the following feelings is the most often studied in connection with mental modules?

4. How many minutes does the author say he spends meditating each morning?

5. The author states that natural selection does not want people to be happy, but instead wants them to be what?

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