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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author NOT list among the most popular reasons for people to try meditation?
(a) To relieve stress.
(b) To cool anger.
(c) To make better decisions.
(d) To quell self-loathing.

2. What kind of benefits does the author describe self-delusion as harboring?
(a) Personal.
(b) Darwinian.
(c) Evolutionary.
(d) Intellectual.

3. What two points of view does the author use within the narrative of Buddhism is True?
(a) First and third.
(b) Only third.
(c) First and second.
(d) Second and third.

4. What is NOT a feeling listed by the author as one that fosters "wars and atrocities" (4)?
(a) Greed.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Despair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the author attend his first silent meditation retreat?

2. On what object does the author say people should place themselves during meditation?

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

4. Whom does the author name as the two people who would be on the highest end of the spectrum as far as ease of meditation goes?

5. In what decade were the famous series of experiments conducted by Benjamin Libet?

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