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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 one must simply attempt to move toward not-self through performing what action?
(a) Meditating.
(b) Forgiving.
(c) Creating.
(d) Believing.

2. The word vipassana is generally translated to what English word?
(a) Insight.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Tranquility.
(d) Peace.

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

4. What does the author NOT list among the most popular reasons for people to try meditation?
(a) To quell self-loathing.
(b) To make better decisions.
(c) To relieve stress.
(d) To cool anger.

5. What emotion does the author NOT list as one that is likely to arise when one feels that meditation is not going well?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Self-loathing.
(c) Anger.
(d) Frustration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the English translation of the title of the Buddhist text called the Satipatthana Sutta?

2. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?

3. Which philosopher compared the relationship between feelings and the rational self to the relationship between horses and a charioteer?

4. What is NOT a concern the author attributes to the process of natural selection?

5. 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)?

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