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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 does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?
(a) How eating it will leave them feeling tired or agitated later.
(b) How good it will taste.
(c) How intensely they will want another one only seconds after eating this one.
(d) How eating it will help them relax.

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

3. 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) Neo.
(b) Altoo.
(c) Hagar.
(d) Morpheus.

4. What emotion does the author say he feels when he is getting ready for a public speaking engagement?
(a) Shame.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Pride.
(d) Weakness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the term metta?

2. What is NOT a feeling listed by the author as one that fosters "wars and atrocities" (4)?

3. Whom does the author name as being on the lowest end of the spectrum in relation to how easy it will be for a person to pick up meditation?

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

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

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