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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an element the author lists as being said by Jesus Christ?
(a) I am the truth.
(b) I am the life.
(c) I am the way.
(d) I am the love.

2. The author presents a scenario wherein someone imagines his or her speech is going to go badly, but it goes fine. What term does the author give to this phenomenon?
(a) A metta experience.
(b) A false positive.
(c) A triumph.
(d) A conundrum.

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

4. 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?
(a) Altoo.
(b) Neo.
(c) Hagar.
(d) Morpheus.

5. With what Buddhist tradition is Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche associated?
(a) The school of tranquility and serenity.
(b) The Zen Buddhist tradition.
(c) The Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
(d) The Vippassana Buddhist tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a concern the author attributes to the process of natural selection?

2. What is the meaning of the term metta?

3. What is the title of Chapter 3 of Buddhism is True?

4. Western Buddhism eliminates all but which of the following traditional Buddhist traditions?

5. What adjective does the author apply to the phenomenon of road rage?

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