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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that what feeling is linked to our modern environmental mismatch?
(a) Pride.
(b) Shame.
(c) Painful self-consciousness.
(d) Rage.

2. What adverb is used to describe briefly exposing someone to a word or an image, but not long enough for conscious awareness to set in?
(a) Subliminally.
(b) Undertemporally.
(c) Subdermally.
(d) Multilingually.

3. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with what element?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Hunger and the relief of hunger.
(c) Satiation.
(d) Pleasure and the anticipation of pleasure.

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

5. 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 far left pair.
(b) The second from far left pair.
(c) The second from far right pair.
(d) The far right pair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain controls what?

3. When ancient Buddhist writings mention the term sati, what does the word mean in English?

4. What is NOT an element the author lists as being said by Jesus Christ?

5. What is NOT a feeling listed by the author as one that fosters "wars and atrocities" (4)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author shine a spotlight on his own flaws and for what purpose does he do so?

2. What is the nature of the author's characterization of a meditation retreat?

3. How does the author use the discussion of pain to illustrate his points about not-self?

4. What are the differences between concentration meditation and mindfulness meditation?

5. Discuss the author's purpose in using the example of Thich Quang Duc’s public self-immolation.

6. What does the author say about his own level of enlightenment and why?

7. To whom does the author recommend a meditation practice?

8. What is the author's analysis of the human fear of public speaking?

9. For what purpose does the author begin the entire narrative with a question?

10. What does the author say about ways in which people should NOT "conceive of modules" (86)?

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