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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the chocolate symbolize in the author's anecdote?
(a) Lack of control.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Reward.
(d) Gluttony.

2. Which of the following feelings is the most often studied in connection with mental modules?
(a) Hoarding.
(b) Obsession.
(c) Material envy.
(d) Sexual jealousy.

3. 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.

4. 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 Mahatma Gandhi.
(b) The Dalai Lama and Bob Ross.
(c) Mister Rogers and Bob Ross.
(d) The Dalai Lama and Mister Rogers.

5. When thoughts arise during meditation, the author states that they generally have all but which of the following characteristics?
(a) The thoughts will be accompanied by feelings of physical stress.
(b) The thoughts will be self-referential.
(c) The thoughts will reference other people.
(d) They will involve the past or the future, rather than the present.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Western Buddhism eliminates all but which of the following traditional Buddhist traditions?

3. The author uses the example of his childhood experiences with the Tooth Fairy in order to demonstrate what concept?

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 3 of Buddhism is True?

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