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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 type of bird was rated the most highly in the study introduced by the author under the heading "Infiltration of Perception by Feeling" (159)?
2. The psychologist Paul Bloom writes that what concept is a human universal?
3. When thoughts arise during meditation, the author states that they generally have all but which of the following characteristics?
4. What doctrine emphasizes that nothing has any essence?
5. What piece of text asserts that "Form is emptiness" (143)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author use self-deprecation and discussion of his own flaws to further his purpose?
2. How does the author use the example of weeds and flowers to make a point about emptiness?
3. Discuss the author's perspective of how indulging one's craving once can lead to future indulgences?
4. What connection does the author make between awareness and control and how is paradox used within the author's discussion of this connection?
5. What is the purpose of mindfulness meditation and how is it performed?
6. Discuss an instance of the author's use of humor to highlight a particular point being made in the text.
7. Describe Plato's use of the horse and charioteer analogy to comment on the relationship between feelings and the rational self.
8. What is the RAIN technique discussed by the author and how can it help quell a harmful urge?
9. What four themes does the author state are generally focused upon within the passing thoughts observed during meditation?
10. What is one method the author suggests for a way to observe one's thoughts objectively?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What ultimate message is Robert Wright's book Buddhism is True sending about the nature and value of compassion?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of sound within Robert Wright's book Buddhism is True.
Essay Topic 3
How does the author's use of the first and second person point of view serve the author's purposes over the course of the book? Discuss how the author's choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
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