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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that when the Buddhist techniques work, a person receives not just happiness, but what other element?
(a) Clarity of vision.
(b) A youthful smile.
(c) Improved health.
(d) Tranquility.

2. In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain controls what?
(a) Language.
(b) Decision-making.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Affection.

3. With what system is the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex associated?
(a) The prefrontal cortex system.
(b) The dopamine system.
(c) The endocrine system.
(d) The adrenal system.

4. What is the one thing that the author says natural selection "cares about" (3)?
(a) Procreation.
(b) Sustenance.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Survival.

5. 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) Cocaine and valium.
(b) LSD and heroin.
(c) Valium and heroin.
(d) LSD and psilocybin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author feel when his meditation teacher told him that his frustration with meditation was a good sign?

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

4. The author states that "modules seem to have the ability to recruit" (130) what on behalf of their goals?

5. 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?

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