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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Buddah stated that what element is impermanent?
(a) Englightenment.
(b) Self.
(c) Life.
(d) Feeling.

3. The Buddha said that engagement is the product of a what?
(a) A lust.
(b) A shame.
(c) A feeling.
(d) A power.

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) Shaolin.
(c) Little Buddha.
(d) Holy Smoke.

5. What is the one thing that the author says natural selection "cares about" (3)?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Survival.
(c) Procreation.
(d) Sustenance.

6. In what decade were the famous series of experiments conducted by Benjamin Libet?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

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

8. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?
(a) Tibetan Buddhists.
(b) Western Buddhists.
(c) Cartesians.
(d) Taoists.

9. How many parts belong to the Path that "deeply committed Buddhists are supposed to tread" (48)?
(a) Eight.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

10. On what body process should first-timers focus when meditating?
(a) Bile.
(b) Breath.
(c) Blood.
(d) Phlegm.

11. The Buddah lived and taught how many years ago?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 3,500.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 700.

12. The Buddha stated that what emotion has a "poisoned root and honeyed tip" (30)?
(a) Anger.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Pride.

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

14. Whom does the author name as being on the lowest end of the spectrum in relation to how easy it will be for a person to pick up meditation?
(a) Russell Westbrook.
(b) Nate Diaz.
(c) John McEnroe.
(d) Bobby Knight.

15. Which character in the movie referred to in the chapter entitled "Take the Red Pill" realizes that his life has actually been an extended hallucination?
(a) Altoo.
(b) Morpheus.
(c) Hagar.
(d) Neo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?

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

3. Who is the author of the book called What the Buddah Taught?

4. What is NOT one of the five aggregates named by The Buddha when he first split the self into five aggregates?

5. The word vipassana is generally translated to what English word?

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