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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the author attend his first silent meditation retreat?
(a) 1987.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2005.

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. Western Buddhism eliminates all but which of the following traditional Buddhist traditions?
(a) Meditation on feces within one's body.
(b) Meditation on one's own rotting corpse.
(c) The use of gongs.
(d) Meditation on the pus within one's own body.

4. The Buddha stated that what emotion has a "poisoned root and honeyed tip" (30)?
(a) Anger.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Pride.

5. What is the meaning of the term metta?
(a) Mantra.
(b) Saturation.
(c) Extraordinary.
(d) Loving kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What emotion does the author say he feels when he is getting ready for a public speaking engagement?

3. When ancient Buddhist writings mention the term sati, what does the word mean in English?

4. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with what element?

5. Which character in the movie referred to in the chapter entitled "Take the Red Pill" realizes that his life has actually been an extended hallucination?

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