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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The psychologist Paul Bloom writes that what concept is a human universal?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Deconstructionism.
(d) Essentialism.

2. The author states that "modules seem to have the ability to recruit" (130) what on behalf of their goals?
(a) Other modules.
(b) Faith.
(c) Tenets of belief.
(d) Reasons.

3. The author states that the idea of enlightenment is to take what action in regard to one's delusions?
(a) To obscure them.
(b) To define them.
(c) To lose them.
(d) To remember them.

4. In an experiment, male respondents in rooms with women were more likely to rate what as an important goal?
(a) Wealth acquisition.
(b) Survival.
(c) Attractiveness.
(d) Career.

5. When the author discusses his wife in an illustration, whom does he name as a potential stimulus in his wife's environment that would be “seen to not merit extended, conscious appraisal” (163)?
(a) The author's uncle.
(b) The author's father-in-law.
(c) The author's sister.
(d) The author's brother.

6. Buddha argues that for an aggregate to constitute an aspect of a self, it must be what two things?
(a) Enduring and permanent.
(b) Mutable and permanent.
(c) Righteous and strong.
(d) Aesthetically pleasing and quick.

7. What does the acronym RAIN stand for?
(a) Recognizing, accepting, illuminating, and non-attaching from the world.
(b) Recognizing, alleviating, investigating, and non-attaching from the consciousness.
(c) Recognizing, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.
(d) Relating, accepting, investigating, and non-attaching from the feeling.

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

9. Within which type of psychology have scientists learned that people can judge each other quickly through non-verbal communication?
(a) Social psychology.
(b) Abnormal psychology.
(c) Animal psychology.
(d) Behavioral psychology.

10. The Capgras delusion causes an afflicted person to think that a loved one is what?
(a) Habitually lying.
(b) An imposter.
(c) An enemy.
(d) Homicidal.

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

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

13. 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?
(a) Biscuit.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Ocean.

14. The author states that perception is what type of process?
(a) Mental.
(b) Personal.
(c) Active.
(d) Exhaustive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that repeated studies have shown that the brain reacts similarly to physical pain and what other element?

2. What is the Samadhiraja Sutra?

3. In the philosophical illustration focused on a charioteer and horses, what does the charioteer represent?

4. The author states that even perceptual judgments are a layer of meaning imposed onto what?

5. Which of the following examples is used by the author to demonstrate that human brains are not foolproof?

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