1. What emotion does the author NOT list as one that is likely to arise when one feels that meditation is not going well?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Self-loathing.
(c) Anger.
(d) Awareness.

2. The author states that people often impose beliefs and structure onto various what?
(a) Smells.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Sights.
(d) Religions.

3. What does the acronym RAIN stand for?
(a) Recognizing, alleviating, investigating, and non-attaching from the consciousness.
(b) Recognizing, accepting, illuminating, and non-attaching from the world.
(c) Recognizing, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.
(d) Relating, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.

4. What does the lizard represent at the meditation retreat attended by the author?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Oneness.
(c) Loving kindness.
(d) Belief.

5. The psychologist Paul Bloom writes that what concept is a human universal?
(a) Essentialism.
(b) Altruism.
(c) Humanism.
(d) Deconstructionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the experience with the sound annoying him during the group meditation practice seems to have briefly made him a better what?

2. The author states that as times change, so should conclusions and what other element?

3. What is the English translation of the word anatta?

4. What is the English translation of the word dukkha?

5. On what body process should first-timers focus when meditating?

(see the answer key)

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