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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 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) Shaolin.
(c) Kundun.
(d) Little Buddha.

2. Which philosopher compared the relationship between feelings and the rational self to the relationship between horses and a charioteer?
(a) Plato.
(b) Maslow.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Hume.

3. Which character in the movie referred to in the chapter entitled "Take the Red Pill" realizes that his life has actually been an extended hallucination?
(a) Hagar.
(b) Morpheus.
(c) Altoo.
(d) Neo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When thoughts arise during meditation, the author states that they generally have all but which of the following characteristics?

2. In what year did the author of the book What the Buddah Taught write the work?

3. When it feels like the rational self makes a decision, what is really happening, according to Kurzban?

4. What object does the author use as a metaphor for the feelings that connect one’s conscious mind and one’s thoughts?

5. The author states that repeated studies have shown that the brain reacts similarly to physical pain and what other element?

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