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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the acronym in the chapter title of Chapter 6 mean?
(a) Immaterial.
(b) Not in my backyard.
(c) Laugh Out Loud.
(d) Missing in Action.

2. What is the English translation of the word dukkha?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Pain.
(d) Suffering.

3. In what year did the author of the book What the Buddah Taught write the work?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1973.
(d) 2001.

4. The author suggests that the reader check out the enlightenment scene in which film in order to get an idea of the vibrancy of the experience?
(a) Kundun.
(b) Little Buddha.
(c) Shaolin.
(d) Holy Smoke.

5. The first time the author attended a week-long meditation retreat, he was allowed to speak how many times?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) Never.
(d) Once.

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

7. What emotion does the author say he feels when he is getting ready for a public speaking engagement?
(a) Shame.
(b) Pride.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Weakness.

8. In what state did the author attend his very first silent meditation retreat?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Washington.
(c) Virginia.
(d) California.

9. 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 false positive.
(b) A metta experience.
(c) A triumph.
(d) A conundrum.

10. What two points of view does the author use within the narrative of Buddhism is True?
(a) Second and third.
(b) Only third.
(c) First and second.
(d) First and third.

11. What is the name of the professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University discussed by the author?
(a) Martin Daly.
(b) Malcolm David Eckel.
(c) Robert Kurzban.
(d) Ngo Dinh Diem.

12. What adjective does the author apply to the phenomenon of road rage?
(a) False.
(b) Silly.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Logical.

13. When scientists conducted an experiment asking people to choose one of four identical pairs of pantyhose, which one did they most often choose?
(a) The second from far right pair.
(b) The second from far left pair.
(c) The far left pair.
(d) The far right pair.

14. What is NOT a feeling listed by the author as one that fosters "wars and atrocities" (4)?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Despair.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Greed.

15. What does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?
(a) How good it will taste.
(b) How intensely they will want another one only seconds after eating this one.
(c) How eating it will leave them feeling tired or agitated later.
(d) How eating it will help them relax.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what movie does the first chapter, entitled "Taking the Red Pill," refer?

2. What do psychologists call the network in the brain that is active when people are not doing anything in particular?

3. How many parts belong to the Path that "deeply committed Buddhists are supposed to tread" (48)?

4. What ratio does the author say he usually experiences throughout a meditation retreat when he mentions that part is bliss and part is difficult?

5. On what body process should first-timers focus when meditating?

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