1. The author states that he suspects that what word is dependent upon "a melange of feelings that you've come to associate with" this object?
(a) Cloud.
(b) Ocean.
(c) Biscuit.
(d) Butterfly.

2. What does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?
(a) How good it will taste.
(b) How eating it will help them relax.
(c) How intensely they will want another one only seconds after eating this one.
(d) How eating it will leave them feeling tired or agitated later.

3. How many minutes does the author say he spends meditating each morning?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 40 minutes.

4. When scientists conducted an experiment asking people to choose one of four identical pairs of pantyhose, which one did they most often choose?
(a) The far right pair.
(b) The second from far left pair.
(c) The far left pair.
(d) The second from far right pair.

5. The author states that he suspects that our recognition of familiar people, pets, and even objects within our lives is based on what?
(a) Our feelings about them.
(b) Our ideas about them.
(c) Competitive feelings.
(d) Survival tactics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two drugs does the author say he imagines produce results similar to the feelings he had after a particularly good session of meditation at his first retreat?

2. What kind of benefits does the author describe self-delusion as harboring?

3. The author states that perception is what type of process?

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

5. What happened when the author analyzed closely his feelings before his speech at Poptech?

(see the answer key)

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