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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author discusses his wife in an illustration, whom does he name as a potential stimulus in his wife's environment that would be “seen to not merit extended, conscious appraisal” (163)?
(a) The author's father-in-law.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) The author's uncle.
(d) The author's sister.

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

3. What doctrine emphasizes that nothing has any essence?
(a) The aesthetics doctrine.
(b) The surrender doctrine.
(c) The emptiness doctrine.
(d) The familial doctrine.

4. The Buddha stated that what emotion has a "poisoned root and honeyed tip" (30)?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pride.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Jealousy.

5. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with what element?
(a) Hunger and the relief of hunger.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Satiation.
(d) Pleasure and the anticipation of pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of bird was rated the most highly in the study introduced by the author under the heading "Infiltration of Perception by Feeling" (159)?

4. The author states that people often impose beliefs and structure onto various what?

5. What emotion does the author NOT list as one that is likely to arise when one feels that meditation is not going well?

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