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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 compares self-discipline to what part of the human body?
(a) A heart.
(b) A muscle.
(c) A bone.
(d) A blood vessel.

2. In what year did the author attend his first silent meditation retreat?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1996.

3. 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) Dual-self experiments.
(b) Colostrum experiments.
(c) Split-brain experiments.
(d) Corpus callosum experiments.

4. The idea within vipassana meditation is to see the true nature of what?
(a) Reality.
(b) The world.
(c) One's self.
(d) Life.

5. What is the English translation of the word anatta?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Tranquility.
(c) Not-self.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing that the author says natural selection "cares about" (3)?

2. What system within the body is responsible for rewards?

3. What is the meaning of the term metta?

4. On what body process should first-timers focus when meditating?

5. What happened when the author analyzed closely his feelings before his speech at Poptech?

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