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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) 2005.
(d) 1996.

2. In what state did the author attend his very first silent meditation retreat?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Washington.
(c) California.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. What is NOT a concern the author attributes to the process of natural selection?
(a) Aesthetic considerations.
(b) Achieving the goals should bring pleasure.
(c) The pleasure associated with the goals should not last forever.
(d) There should be more of a focus on the immediate pleasure than on the way it will soon dissipate.

4. 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 triumph.
(b) A false positive.
(c) A conundrum.
(d) A metta experience.

5. The author states that when the Buddhist techniques work, a person receives not just happiness, but what other element?
(a) Clarity of vision.
(b) Tranquility.
(c) A youthful smile.
(d) Improved health.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What happened when the author analyzed closely his feelings before his speech at Poptech?

4. What is NOT listed among the traditional practices of Asian Buddhists not practiced by Western Buddhists?

5. The author explains that the book Buddhism is True is an attempt to do all but which of the following things?

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