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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. What Rolling Stones song does the author say perfectly encapsulates the human condition from the Buddhist point of view?
2. What do psychologists call the condition of "being stuck" in the natural human cycle of ultimately futile pleasure-seeking?
3. What experiments are said to have "powerfully demonstrated the capacity of the conscious self to convince itself that it is calling the shots when it is not" (79)?
4. The author states that what feeling is linked to our modern environmental mismatch?
5. What is NOT an element the author lists as being said by Jesus Christ?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author go about trying to depict the bliss he feels as a result of meditation?
2. Discuss an example or anecdote used by the author to demonstrate the value of mindfulness mediation.
3. How does the author use the example of bodily fluids in order to demonstrate the differences between Western Buddhism and Traditional Buddhism?
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. Discuss the author's decision to begin the book with an allusion to the film The Matrix.
6. Discuss the tendency of humans to engage in self-inflation.
7. What are the differences between concentration meditation and mindfulness meditation?
8. What does the author say about ways in which people should NOT "conceive of modules" (86)?
9. What is the author's view of the phenomenon of human feelings?
10. What does the author say about his own level of enlightenment and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's decision to include humor within the text of the book Buddhism is True. What purpose the author have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
Essay Topic 2
Choose a symbolic object from Robert Wright's book Buddhism is True, such as the chocolate bar, the lizard, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author's messages regarding the influence natural selection has on human behavior in Robert Wright's book Buddhism is True.
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