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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Capgras delusion causes an afflicted person to think that a loved one is what?
(a) Habitually lying.
(b) An imposter.
(c) An enemy.
(d) Homicidal.

2. The author states that rather than seeing the world as hopeless and empty, enlightened and otherwise accomplished meditators see each individual object, person, and experience as empty in the sense that it does not have a preset what?
(a) Connotation.
(b) Value.
(c) Truth.
(d) Worth.

3. What adjective does the author apply to the phenomenon of road rage?
(a) False.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Silly.
(d) Logical.

4. The author states that natural selection does not want people to be happy, but instead wants them to be what?
(a) Productive.
(b) Compassionate.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Tenacious.

5. An intertemporal utility function represents how willing a person is to delay what?
(a) Injury.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Gratification.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does the author NOT list when explaining what he means by "forms" (142)?

2. 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?

3. In what year did the author of the book What the Buddah Taught write the work?

4. What do psychologists call the condition of "being stuck" in the natural human cycle of ultimately futile pleasure-seeking?

5. What does the author NOT list among the most popular reasons for people to try meditation?

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