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

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

3. What is the name of the eminent twentieth-century scholar of Buddhism?
(a) Bhikkhu Bodhi.
(b) Aaron Beck.
(c) Jerome Barkow.
(d) Edward Conze.

4. The first time the author attended a week-long meditation retreat, he was allowed to speak how many times?
(a) Never.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) Three times.

5. In what year did the author of the book What the Buddah Taught write the work?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1983.
(d) 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. The idea within vipassana meditation is to see the true nature of what?

2. The Buddah lived and taught how many years ago?

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 adjective does the author apply to the phenomenon of road rage?

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

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