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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following feelings is the most often studied in connection with mental modules?
(a) Material envy.
(b) Hoarding.
(c) Sexual jealousy.
(d) Obsession.

2. The author states that seeing the world as what is an essential step on the path to enlightenment?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Empty.
(c) All-encompassing.
(d) Universal.

3. What is Robert Zajonc's field of expertise?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Medicine.

4. What types of insects were making noise outside of the author's window on the fifth night of his first meditation retreat?
(a) Katydids.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Cicadas.

5. What is NOT listed among the traditional practices of Asian Buddhists not practiced by Western Buddhists?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Belief in a variety of deities.
(c) Fixation on bodily fluids during meditative practice.
(d) Belief in reincarnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What do psychologists call the network in the brain that is active when people are not doing anything in particular?

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. What does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?

5. The first time the author attended a week-long meditation retreat, he was allowed to speak how many times?

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