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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 author states, “It’s kind of amazing, when you think about it, that the world would be set up this way: that the path you embark on to relieve yourself of suffering would, if pursued assiduously, lead you to become not just a happier person but a person with a clearer view of" (263) what two types of reality?
(a) Moral and ethical.
(b) Universal and accepted.
(c) Metaphysical and moral.
(d) Metaphysical and spiritual.

2. What adverb is used to describe briefly exposing someone to a word or an image, but not long enough for conscious awareness to set in?
(a) Undertemporally.
(b) Multilingually.
(c) Subliminally.
(d) Subdermally.

3. What is the Samadhiraja Sutra?
(a) A Buddhist text.
(b) A Shinto relic.
(c) A Taoist text.
(d) A Buddhist relic.

4. What object does the author use as an example of illogical attachment to inanimate objects?
(a) A xylophone.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A thermometer.
(d) A tape measure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Buddha argues that for an aggregate to constitute an aspect of a self, it must be what two things?

2. In an experiment, male respondents in rooms with women were more likely to rate what as an important goal?

3. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?

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

5. The Capgras delusion causes an afflicted person to think that a loved one is what?

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