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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the acronym in the chapter title of Chapter 6 mean?
(a) Laugh Out Loud.
(b) Not in my backyard.
(c) Immaterial.
(d) Missing in Action.

2. The Buddah lived and taught how many years ago?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 700.

3. The author states that repeated studies have shown that the brain reacts similarly to physical pain and what other element?
(a) Social rejection.
(b) Regret.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Anger.

4. The author explains that the book Buddhism is True is an attempt to do all but which of the following things?
(a) To explain from a scientific standpoint why what lies beyond the door contains more reality than the one people have come to accept.
(b) To point out the window.
(c) To show people the door.
(d) To give people some idea of what lies beyond the door.

5. What do psychologists call the condition of "being stuck" in the natural human cycle of ultimately futile pleasure-seeking?
(a) The great illusion.
(b) The hedonic treadmill.
(c) The never-ending spiral.
(d) The hamster wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does the author use as a metaphor for the feelings that connect one’s conscious mind and one’s thoughts?

2. On what object does the author say people should place themselves during meditation?

3. What type of bird was rated the most highly in the study introduced by the author under the heading "Infiltration of Perception by Feeling" (159)?

4. 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?

5. When scientists conducted an experiment asking people to choose one of four identical pairs of pantyhose, which one did they most often choose?

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