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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 system within the body is responsible for rewards?
(a) The cardiovascular system.
(b) The endocrine system.
(c) The digestive system.
(d) The dopamine system.

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

3. In what journal was the case about Capgras delusion first published?
(a) Biology.
(b) Psychiatric Weekly.
(c) Behavioral Science Monthly.
(d) Neurological Science.

4. What is the term for the tendency to attribute inner essences to things?
(a) Deconstructionism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Essentialism.

5. The author states that he understands if the reader sees the words "formlessness" and "emptiness" and thinks of which two other words?
(a) Bleak and stark.
(b) Gloomy and doomed.
(c) Crazy and depressing.
(d) Unflinching and rigorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doctrine emphasizes that nothing has any essence?

2. Toward what goal does the author hope to propel his readers?

3. Buddha argues that for an aggregate to constitute an aspect of a self, it must be what two things?

4. The author introduces what concept in order to urge the reader to find more happiness in his or her own life?

5. The author states that as times change, so should conclusions and what other element?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss an instance of the author's use of humor to highlight a particular point being made in the text.

3. Describe Plato's use of the horse and charioteer analogy to comment on the relationship between feelings and the rational self.

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

5. What is the RAIN technique discussed by the author and how can it help quell a harmful urge?

6. Discuss an instance when the author points out a potential pitfall of a regular meditation practice.

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

8. In what way does the author use the appeal of ethos within the chapter entitled "Encounters with the Formless"?

9. How does the author use the example of weeds and flowers to make a point about emptiness?

10. What is the significance of the author's discussion of the Capgras delusion?

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