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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the author of the book What the Buddah Taught write the work?
(a) 1973.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1983.

2. What object does the author use as an example of illogical attachment to inanimate objects?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A xylophone.
(c) A thermometer.
(d) A tape measure.

3. When it feels like the rational self makes a decision, what is really happening, according to Kurzban?
(a) It is actually that one module is stronger than another in a particular situation.
(b) It is actually that the sense of self is ebbing away.
(c) It is actually that one mental compartment is larger than another.
(d) It is actually that the not-self is becoming fully realized.

4. When thoughts arise during meditation, the author states that they generally have all but which of the following characteristics?
(a) The thoughts will be accompanied by feelings of physical stress.
(b) The thoughts will be self-referential.
(c) The thoughts will reference other people.
(d) They will involve the past or the future, rather than the present.

5. The Buddah lived and taught how many years ago?
(a) 700.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 3,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author name as being on the lowest end of the spectrum in relation to how easy it will be for a person to pick up meditation?

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

3. What is NOT one of the five aggregates named by The Buddha when he first split the self into five aggregates?

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

5. What emotion does the author say he feels when he is getting ready for a public speaking engagement?

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