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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with what element?
(a) Pleasure and the anticipation of pleasure.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Hunger and the relief of hunger.
(d) Satiation.

4. Though the author admits that there are paradoxes within Buddhism, he says that there are also paradoxes within which branch of science?
(a) Forensics.
(b) Physics.
(c) Geology.
(d) Biology.

5. What happened when the author analyzed closely his feelings before his speech at Poptech?
(a) The anxiety seemed to ebb.
(b) The shame increased.
(c) The fear went away.
(d) The fear stayed within practicable limits.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states that when the Buddhist techniques work, a person receives not just happiness, but what other element?

3. The author states that "More and more, groups of people define their identity in terms of" (17) what?

4. In what state did the author attend his very first silent meditation retreat?

5. The author uses the example of his childhood experiences with the Tooth Fairy in order to demonstrate what concept?

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