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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an element the author lists as being said by Jesus Christ?
(a) I am the truth.
(b) I am the life.
(c) I am the love.
(d) I am the way.

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

3. The author presents a scenario wherein someone imagines his or her speech is going to go badly, but it goes fine. What term does the author give to this phenomenon?
(a) A triumph.
(b) A metta experience.
(c) A false positive.
(d) A conundrum.

4. Though the author admits that there are paradoxes within Buddhism, he says that there are also paradoxes within which branch of science?
(a) Biology.
(b) Geology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Forensics.

5. What is NOT one of the five aggregates named by The Buddha when he first split the self into five aggregates?
(a) Longings.
(b) Feelings.
(c) The physical body.
(d) Mental formations.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Buddha stated that what emotion has a "poisoned root and honeyed tip" (30)?

2. The author states that when the Buddhist techniques work, a person receives not just happiness, but what other element?

3. Whom does the author name as the two people who would be on the highest end of the spectrum as far as ease of meditation goes?

4. What doctrine emphasizes that nothing has any essence?

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

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