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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. When the author describes the colors of his hallucination during meditation, what colors does he name?
(a) Blue and white.
(b) Purple and green.
(c) Red and yellow.
(d) Orange and purple.

2. What sound does the author refer to in his personal anecdote about reducing negative feelings?
(a) The sound of traffic.
(b) The sound of the dishwasher.
(c) The sound of a buzz saw.
(d) The sound of a jackhammer.

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

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

5. The author argues that for the average human, what type of perception is an impossible task to achieve?
(a) Clear.
(b) Connected.
(c) Unadulterated.
(d) Precise.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering bought a painting he thought was painted by what artist and later turned out to be a forgery?

2. The author states that what elements are just tools to help the brain sort the importance of various thoughts?

3. Chapter 10 is entitled "Encounters With the" what?

4. What object does the author use as a metaphor for the feelings that connect one’s conscious mind and one’s thoughts?

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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author use self-deprecation and discussion of his own flaws to further his purpose?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What four themes does the author state are generally focused upon within the passing thoughts observed during meditation?

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

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

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