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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 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.

2. The word tanha is NOT translated as which word in English?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Craving.
(c) Thirst.
(d) Desire.

3. 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?
(a) The gallbladder.
(b) The spleen.
(c) The blood.
(d) The gut bacteria.

4. What disorder does the author say makes it difficult for him to meditate?
(a) Autism.
(b) Asperger's syndrome.
(c) Attention deficit disorder.
(d) Clinical depression.

5. With what Buddhist tradition is Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche associated?
(a) The Zen Buddhist tradition.
(b) The Vippassana Buddhist tradition.
(c) The school of tranquility and serenity.
(d) The Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that "modules seem to have the ability to recruit" (130) what on behalf of their goals?

2. What is the term for the tendency to attribute inner essences to things?

3. Within which type of psychology have scientists learned that people can judge each other quickly through non-verbal communication?

4. What does the author NOT use as an example of the indirect evidence received by the human brain?

5. The author states that when the Buddhist techniques work, a person receives not just happiness, but what other element?

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