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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Western Buddhism eliminates all but which of the following traditional Buddhist traditions?
(a) Meditation on the pus within one's own body.
(b) Meditation on feces within one's body.
(c) The use of gongs.
(d) Meditation on one's own rotting corpse.

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

3. The author states that repeated studies have shown that the brain reacts similarly to physical pain and what other element?
(a) Anger.
(b) Regret.
(c) Social rejection.
(d) Humiliation.

4. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?
(a) Tibetan Buddhists.
(b) Cartesians.
(c) Western Buddhists.
(d) Taoists.

5. When the author describes the colors of his hallucination during meditation, what colors does he name?
(a) Purple and green.
(b) Red and yellow.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Orange and purple.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what movie does the first chapter, entitled "Taking the Red Pill," refer?

2. The author states that the idea of enlightenment is to take what action in regard to one's delusions?

3. What does the chocolate symbolize in the author's anecdote?

4. The word vipassana is generally translated to what English word?

5. What piece of text asserts that "Form is emptiness" (143)?

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