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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word tanha is NOT translated as which word in English?
(a) Craving.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Thirst.
(d) Desire.

2. The author states that what feeling is linked to our modern environmental mismatch?
(a) Shame.
(b) Painful self-consciousness.
(c) Pride.
(d) Rage.

3. What sound does the author hear a group meditation that causes him to become enraged?
(a) Pecking.
(b) A rooster.
(c) A beeping car alarm.
(d) Snoring.

4. In what year did the author of the book What the Buddah Taught write the work?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1983.
(d) 2001.

5. What object does the author NOT list when explaining what he means by "forms" (142)?
(a) Bowling balls.
(b) Tables.
(c) Trucks.
(d) Cabinets.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that specific types of what can turn off the autopilot mode for feelings?

2. To what cause does the author attribute his unnatural attachment to a particular type of object?

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

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. The author repeatedly refers to the mental modules as temporarily taking what action against the focus of the mind?

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