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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that people often impose beliefs and structure onto various what?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Religions.
(c) Smells.
(d) Sights.

2. 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) Butterfly.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Biscuit.

3. The author states that even perceptual judgments are a layer of meaning imposed onto what?
(a) The outside world.
(b) Perception.
(c) Inquiry.
(d) Oneself.

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

5. Which of the three schools of meditation supports the idea that a critical distance of separation between the self and individual thoughts will give the conscious self more control?
(a) Vipassana.
(b) Zen.
(c) Tibetan.
(d) Western.

6. Robert Zajonc equates having feelings about something with performing what other action?
(a) Deciding upon next steps.
(b) Contemplating those feelings.
(c) Making judgments about things.
(d) Assessing one's self.

7. Which philosopher is said to have had ideas that clearly reflect Buddhist ideals and that are reflected in modern psychology studies?
(a) Maslow.
(b) Hume.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Kant.

8. The author states, “It’s kind of amazing, when you think about it, that the world would be set up this way: that the path you embark on to relieve yourself of suffering would, if pursued assiduously, lead you to become not just a happier person but a person with a clearer view of" (263) what two types of reality?
(a) Universal and accepted.
(b) Metaphysical and moral.
(c) Moral and ethical.
(d) Metaphysical and spiritual.

9. The author states that repeated studies have shown that the brain reacts similarly to physical pain and what other element?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Anger.
(c) Social rejection.
(d) Regret.

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

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

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

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

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

15. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is described as the seat of what?
(a) Emotions.
(b) The ego.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Abstract reasoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have remarked that our faculties of reason are controlled by passions, otherwise known as feelings, according to the author?

2. What object does the author use as an example of illogical attachment to inanimate objects?

3. When thoughts arise during meditation, the author states that they generally have all but which of the following characteristics?

4. What type of bird was rated the most highly in the study introduced by the author under the heading "Infiltration of Perception by Feeling" (159)?

5. What piece of text asserts that "Form is emptiness" (143)?

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