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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piece of text asserts that "Form is emptiness" (143)?
(a) The Kama Sutra.
(b) The Heart Sutra.
(c) The Samadhiraja Sutra.
(d) The Four Principles.

2. The author states that one must simply attempt to move toward not-self through performing what action?
(a) Forgiving.
(b) Creating.
(c) Believing.
(d) Meditating.

3. The author repeatedly refers to the mental modules as temporarily taking what action against the focus of the mind?
(a) Erasing it.
(b) Eradicating it.
(c) Setting it ablaze.
(d) Hijacking it.

4. Chapter 7 is entitled "The Mental Modules That Run Your" what?
(a) Life.
(b) Day.
(c) Mechanism.
(d) Machine.

5. Which of the following feelings is the most often studied in connection with mental modules?
(a) Hoarding.
(b) Sexual jealousy.
(c) Obsession.
(d) Material envy.

6. What doctrine emphasizes that nothing has any essence?
(a) The familial doctrine.
(b) The aesthetics doctrine.
(c) The emptiness doctrine.
(d) The surrender doctrine.

7. The author states that what element only acts as a proxy between various feelings?
(a) Synapses.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Reason.
(d) Sight.

8. When it feels like the rational self makes a decision, what is really happening, according to Kurzban?
(a) It is actually that one module is stronger than another in a particular situation.
(b) It is actually that the sense of self is ebbing away.
(c) It is actually that the not-self is becoming fully realized.
(d) It is actually that one mental compartment is larger than another.

9. Who is said to have remarked that our faculties of reason are controlled by passions, otherwise known as feelings, according to the author?
(a) Hume.
(b) Maslow.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Kant.

10. When the author describes the colors of his hallucination during meditation, what colors does he name?
(a) Red and yellow.
(b) Purple and green.
(c) Orange and purple.
(d) Blue and white.

11. What kind of teacher is Rodney, the man described by the author within one particular anecdote?
(a) A yoga teacher.
(b) A music teacher.
(c) A meditation teacher.
(d) A pottery teacher.

12. The author states that what elements are just tools to help the brain sort the importance of various thoughts?
(a) Senses.
(b) Modules.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Sounds.

13. The author states that specific types of what can turn off the autopilot mode for feelings?
(a) Behavioral therapies.
(b) Music.
(c) Exercises.
(d) Meditation.

14. The author notes that it is generally easier for one to distance oneself from one’s emotions than one’s what?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Love.
(d) Feelings.

15. The author introduces what concept in order to urge the reader to find more happiness in his or her own life?
(a) Formlessness.
(b) Aesthetic beauty.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Serenity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what journal was the case about Capgras delusion first published?

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

3. Chapter 10 is entitled "Encounters With the" what?

4. The Capgras delusion causes an afflicted person to think that a loved one is what?

5. The author states that he understands if the reader sees the words "formlessness" and "emptiness" and thinks of which two other words?

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