1. What does the acronym RAIN stand for?
(a) Recognizing, alleviating, investigating, and non-attaching from the consciousness.
(b) Recognizing, accepting, illuminating, and non-attaching from the world.
(c) Recognizing, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.
(d) Relating, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.

2. 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)?
(a) Split-brain experiments.
(b) Colostrum experiments.
(c) Corpus callosum experiments.
(d) Dual-self experiments.

3. What kind of meditation does the author say produced a feeling that is probably similar to two hard drugs?
(a) Laughing meditation.
(b) Concentration meditation.
(c) Group meditation.
(d) Mindfulness meditation.

4. The author suggests that the reader check out the enlightenment scene in which film in order to get an idea of the vibrancy of the experience?
(a) Holy Smoke.
(b) Kundun.
(c) Little Buddha.
(d) Shaolin.

5. Which of the following feelings is the most often studied in connection with mental modules?
(a) Hoarding.
(b) Sexual jealousy.
(c) Material envy.
(d) Obsession.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the three schools of meditation supports the idea that a critical distance of separation between the self and individual thoughts will give the conscious self more control?

2. In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain controls what?

3. What does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?

4. How many minutes does the author say he spends meditating each morning?

5. When the author describes the colors of his hallucination during meditation, what colors does he name?

(see the answer key)

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