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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What system within the body is responsible for rewards?
(a) The dopamine system.
(b) The endocrine system.
(c) The cardiovascular system.
(d) The digestive system.

2. Within what situation should one practice the RAIN technique, according to the author?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Public speaking.
(c) Creating art.
(d) Dialogue.

3. 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) Multilingually.
(b) Undertemporally.
(c) Subliminally.
(d) Subdermally.

4. What animals are involved in the pellet experiment described by the author?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Mice.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Rats.

5. What is NOT a concern the author attributes to the process of natural selection?
(a) There should be more of a focus on the immediate pleasure than on the way it will soon dissipate.
(b) The pleasure associated with the goals should not last forever.
(c) Achieving the goals should bring pleasure.
(d) Aesthetic considerations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author explains that the book Buddhism is True is an attempt to do all but which of the following things?

3. Which of the following examples is used by the author to demonstrate that human brains are not foolproof?

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

5. 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?

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