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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symptoms do people afflicted with mirror-touch synesthesia display?
(a) They share the feelings of people in their vicinity.
(b) They share the facial expressions of people in their vicinity.
(c) They share the body language of people in their vicinity.
(d) They share the language patterns of people in their vicinity.

2. The author uses the example of his childhood experiences with the Tooth Fairy in order to demonstrate what concept?
(a) Nirvana.
(b) Delusion.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Intertemporal reality.

3. What type of plant does the author now recognize as beautiful after his meditation retreat?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Dandelions.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Plantains.

4. What is the English translation of the word dvesha within the group of three poisons named in Buddhist texts?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Wrath.
(c) Delusion.
(d) Greed.

5. The author presents a scenario wherein someone imagines his or her speech is going to go badly, but it goes fine. What term does the author give to this phenomenon?
(a) A triumph.
(b) A false positive.
(c) A metta experience.
(d) A conundrum.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does the author use open Chapter 10 with a quote from Samadhiraja Sutra?

2. What online course did the author teach during the sub-chapter entitled "My Inadvertent Online Controversy"?

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?

4. The author states that even perceptual judgments are a layer of meaning imposed onto what?

5. What does the author say is the grand insight that corresponds to the illusion of essence?

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