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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did the author attend his very first silent meditation retreat?
(a) California.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Washington.

2. The author uses the example of his childhood experiences with the Tooth Fairy in order to demonstrate what concept?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Intertemporal reality.
(c) Delusion.
(d) Nirvana.

3. The Buddah stated that what element is impermanent?
(a) Feeling.
(b) Life.
(c) Self.
(d) Englightenment.

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

5. What ratio does the author say he usually experiences throughout a meditation retreat when he mentions that part is bliss and part is difficult?
(a) 2 to 3.
(b) 1 to 2.
(c) 1 to 4.
(d) 4 to 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that "More and more, groups of people define their identity in terms of" (17) what?

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

3. What is the name of the eminent twentieth-century scholar of Buddhism?

4. 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?

5. What is the one thing that the author says natural selection "cares about" (3)?

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