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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 is NOT an element the author lists as being said by Jesus Christ?
(a) I am the truth.
(b) I am the love.
(c) I am the life.
(d) I am the way.

2. What is the title of the Buddha's first discourse following his enlightenment?
(a) Sermon at Deer Park.
(b) Instruction on the Pitaka.
(c) The Book of Guidance.
(d) The Questions of Milinda.

3. The author spends much of Chapter 13 arguing that the bird's song is part of what?
(a) The universal law.
(b) The author.
(c) The ocean of sound waves.
(d) The oneness of being.

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) Western Buddhists.
(b) Taoists.
(c) Tibetan Buddhists.
(d) Cartesians.

5. Which philosopher is said to have had ideas that clearly reflect Buddhist ideals and that are reflected in modern psychology studies?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Kant.
(c) Maslow.
(d) Hume.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that he suspects that what word is dependent upon "a melange of feelings that you've come to associate with" this object?

2. Scientists have found that by replacing what part of a shy, anxious mouse with that part of a gregarious mouse, they can transform a shy mouse into a gregarious mouse?

3. The author notes that generally, the thoughts that arise during meditation follow how many common themes?

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

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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