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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author feel when his meditation teacher told him that his frustration with meditation was a good sign?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Proud.
(c) Assured.
(d) Patronized.

2. What two drugs does the author say he imagines produce results similar to the feelings he had after a particularly good session of meditation at his first retreat?
(a) LSD and psilocybin.
(b) Valium and heroin.
(c) Cocaine and valium.
(d) LSD and heroin.

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

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

5. What is the English translation of the title of the Buddhist text called the Satipatthana Sutta?
(a) The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
(b) The Twelve Foundations of Mindfulness.
(c) The Three Foundations of Mindfulness.
(d) The Two Foundations of Mindfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author presents a scenario wherein someone imagines his or her speech is going to go badly, but it goes fine. What term does the author give to this phenomenon?

2. The Buddha said that engagement is the product of a what?

3. What adverb is used to describe briefly exposing someone to a word or an image, but not long enough for conscious awareness to set in?

4. When scientists conducted an experiment asking people to choose one of four identical pairs of pantyhose, which one did they most often choose?

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

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