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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 seeing the world as what is an essential step on the path to enlightenment?
(a) Universal.
(b) Empty.
(c) All-encompassing.
(d) Dirty.

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

3. 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 brother.
(b) The author's uncle.
(c) The author's father-in-law.
(d) The author's sister.

4. What activity does the author most often engage in when he is avoiding work?
(a) Doing yard work.
(b) Riding his bike.
(c) Baking.
(d) Online shopping.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The psychologist Paul Bloom writes that what concept is a human universal?

2. The author states that neither kind of module in the chocolate anecdote was more what than another?

3. The author states that one must simply attempt to move toward not-self through performing what action?

4. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is described as the seat of what?

5. The author notes that it is generally easier for one to distance oneself from one’s emotions than one’s what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emotion is one of the most studied in relation to the phenomenon of modules governing behavior and why?

2. Explain the emptiness doctrine presented by the author within the chapter entitled Encounters with the Formless.

3. How does the author characterize the emotion of jealousy?

4. Discuss the author's perspective of how indulging one's craving once can lead to future indulgences?

5. How does the author characterize the difference between tribal psychology and general psychology?

6. What is the significance of the author's anecdote about the sound of a buzz saw?

7. What three careers are used to characterize the three different schools of meditation and on which type does the author focus within Buddhism is True?

8. What does the author mean when he claims that humans are essentialists?

9. In what way is Robert Wright's writing style self-referential?

10. What is the purpose of mindfulness meditation and how is it performed?

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