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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 Vippassana Buddhist tradition.
(b) The Zen Buddhist tradition.
(c) The school of tranquility and serenity.
(d) The Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

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

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?
(a) Nate Diaz.
(b) Russell Westbrook.
(c) John McEnroe.
(d) Bobby Knight.

4. The author states that "More and more, groups of people define their identity in terms of" (17) what?
(a) Career.
(b) Material wealth.
(c) Family.
(d) Sharp opposition to other groups of people.

5. The author states that what feeling is linked to our modern environmental mismatch?
(a) Shame.
(b) Rage.
(c) Painful self-consciousness.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though the author admits that there are paradoxes within Buddhism, he says that there are also paradoxes within which branch of science?

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

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?

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

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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