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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. What happened when the author analyzed closely his feelings before his speech at Poptech?
(a) The fear stayed within practicable limits.
(b) The fear went away.
(c) The anxiety seemed to ebb.
(d) The shame increased.

2. On what object does the author say people should place themselves during meditation?
(a) A cushion.
(b) A bare floor.
(c) A pillow.
(d) A mat.

3. What Rolling Stones song does the author say perfectly encapsulates the human condition from the Buddhist point of view?
(a) You Can't Always Get What You Want.
(b) I Can't Get No Satisfaction.
(c) Salt of the Earth.
(d) Gimme Shelter.

4. How did the author feel when his meditation teacher told him that his frustration with meditation was a good sign?
(a) Patronized.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Assured.
(d) Proud.

5. What is the English translation of the word dukkha?
(a) Peace.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Pain.
(d) Kindness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the author attend his first silent meditation retreat?

3. What two points of view does the author use within the narrative of Buddhism is True?

4. What is the meaning of the term metta?

5. 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?

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 example of the scar experiment?

4. How does the author get across his point about the need for the brain to provide rationale in the form of modules, even in illogical situations?

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

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

7. Explain the concept of “beneffectance” (82) set forth by the psychologist Anthony Greenwald.

8. What is witness consciousness, according to the author?

9. Discuss the significance of the chapter title "Your CEO is MIA."

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

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