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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 is the title of Chapter 3 of Buddhism is True?
(a) Nirvana in a Nutshell.
(b) Like, Wow, Everything is One.
(c) Your CEO is MIA.
(d) When Are Feelings Illusions.

2. The author presents a scenario wherein someone imagines his or her speech is going to go badly, but it goes fine. What term does the author give to this phenomenon?
(a) A triumph.
(b) A conundrum.
(c) A false positive.
(d) A metta experience.

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?
(a) LSD and heroin.
(b) Cocaine and valium.
(c) LSD and psilocybin.
(d) Valium and heroin.

4. What does the author NOT list among the most popular reasons for people to try meditation?
(a) To cool anger.
(b) To relieve stress.
(c) To quell self-loathing.
(d) To make better decisions.

5. What is the name of the eminent twentieth-century scholar of Buddhism?
(a) Jerome Barkow.
(b) Bhikkhu Bodhi.
(c) Aaron Beck.
(d) Edward Conze.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain controls what?

3. 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?

4. What is the English translation of the title of the Buddhist text called the Satipatthana Sutta?

5. The word vipassana is generally translated to what English word?

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