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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 what element only acts as a proxy between various feelings?
(a) Reason.
(b) Sight.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Synapses.

2. The Buddha said that engagement is the product of a what?
(a) A feeling.
(b) A lust.
(c) A power.
(d) A shame.

3. The author notes that generally, the thoughts that arise during meditation follow how many common themes?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

4. What do psychologists call the network in the brain that is active when people are not doing anything in particular?
(a) The aggregate self.
(b) The temporal lobe.
(c) Rational distortion network.
(d) The default mode network.

5. In an experiment, male respondents in rooms with women were more likely to rate what as an important goal?
(a) Attractiveness.
(b) Wealth acquisition.
(c) Career.
(d) Survival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the five aggregates named by The Buddha when he first split the self into five aggregates?

2. Though the author admits that there are paradoxes within Buddhism, he says that there are also paradoxes within which branch of science?

3. Which philosopher compared the relationship between feelings and the rational self to the relationship between horses and a charioteer?

4. The author repeatedly refers to the mental modules as temporarily taking what action against the focus of the mind?

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

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