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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first time the author attended a week-long meditation retreat, he was allowed to speak how many times?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Three times.
(d) Never.

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

3. The word vipassana is generally translated to what English word?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Peace.
(c) Insight.
(d) Tranquility.

4. On what body process should first-timers focus when meditating?
(a) Blood.
(b) Breath.
(c) Bile.
(d) Phlegm.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?

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

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

5. To what movie does the first chapter, entitled "Taking the Red Pill," refer?

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