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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What experiments are said to have "powerfully demonstrated the capacity of the conscious self to convince itself that it is calling the shots when it is not" (79)?
(a) Split-brain experiments.
(b) Dual-self experiments.
(c) Corpus callosum experiments.
(d) Colostrum experiments.

2. The author suggests that the reader check out the enlightenment scene in which film in order to get an idea of the vibrancy of the experience?
(a) Kundun.
(b) Shaolin.
(c) Holy Smoke.
(d) Little Buddha.

3. The Buddah lived and taught how many years ago?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 700.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 1,200.

4. What disorder does the author say makes it difficult for him to meditate?
(a) Autism.
(b) Clinical depression.
(c) Asperger's syndrome.
(d) Attention deficit disorder.

5. Which character in the movie referred to in the chapter entitled "Take the Red Pill" realizes that his life has actually been an extended hallucination?
(a) Neo.
(b) Morpheus.
(c) Altoo.
(d) Hagar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did the author attend his very first silent meditation retreat?

2. What types of insects were making noise outside of the author's window on the fifth night of his first meditation retreat?

3. The Buddha stated that what emotion has a "poisoned root and honeyed tip" (30)?

4. How many parts belong to the Path that "deeply committed Buddhists are supposed to tread" (48)?

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

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