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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The first time the author attended a week-long meditation retreat, he was allowed to speak how many times?
2. What do psychologists call the network in the brain that is active when people are not doing anything in particular?
3. The author presents a scenario wherein someone imagines his or her speech is going to go badly, but it goes fine. What term does the author give to this phenomenon?
4. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?
5. The author states that "coherence of motivation, though a desirable quality in a friend or collaborator, isn't by itself" (82) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of the author's characterization of a meditation retreat?
2. Discuss the author's decision to begin the book with an allusion to the film The Matrix.
3. What is the author's analysis of the human fear of public speaking?
4. Explain the concept of “beneffectance” (82) set forth by the psychologist Anthony Greenwald.
5. What are the differences between concentration meditation and mindfulness meditation?
6. What does the author say about ways in which people should NOT "conceive of modules" (86)?
7. 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?
8. For what purpose does the author begin the entire narrative with a question?
9. What is witness consciousness, according to the author?
10. How does the author use the discussion of pain to illustrate his points about not-self?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within Robert Wright's book Buddhism is True.
Essay Topic 2
What is the author's message regarding the actions people must take in order to combat programmed, evolution-based behaviors?
Essay Topic 3
How does Robert Wright utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within the book and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the narrative.
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