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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Buddah lived and taught how many years ago?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 3,500.
(c) 700.
(d) 2,500.

2. What Rolling Stones song does the author say perfectly encapsulates the human condition from the Buddhist point of view?
(a) I Can't Get No Satisfaction.
(b) Gimme Shelter.
(c) You Can't Always Get What You Want.
(d) Salt of the Earth.

3. The Buddah stated that what element is impermanent?
(a) Englightenment.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Life.
(d) Self.

4. What is the title of Chapter 3 of Buddhism is True?
(a) Your CEO is MIA.
(b) Nirvana in a Nutshell.
(c) Like, Wow, Everything is One.
(d) When Are Feelings Illusions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the meaning of the term metta?

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

5. What experiments are said to have "powerfully demonstrated the capacity of the conscious self to convince itself that it is calling the shots when it is not" (79)?

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