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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 plant does the author now recognize as beautiful after his meditation retreat?
2. When the author discusses his wife in an illustration, whom does he name as a potential stimulus in his wife's environment that would be “seen to not merit extended, conscious appraisal” (163)?
3. The Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering bought a painting he thought was painted by what artist and later turned out to be a forgery?
4. Buddha argues that for an aggregate to constitute an aspect of a self, it must be what two things?
5. The author states that what elements are just tools to help the brain sort the importance of various thoughts?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author use self-deprecation and discussion of his own flaws to further his purpose?
2. What four themes does the author state are generally focused upon within the passing thoughts observed during meditation?
3. 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?
4. What is the significance of the author's discussion of the Capgras delusion?
5. What is the purpose for observing one's own thoughts within a meditation session?
6. How does the author use the example of weeds and flowers to make a point about emptiness?
7. What does the author mean when he claims that humans are essentialists?
8. What emotion is one of the most studied in relation to the phenomenon of modules governing behavior and why?
9. How does the author characterize the emotion of jealousy?
10. Discuss an instance of the author's use of humor to highlight a particular point being made in the text.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perform a biographical criticism of Buddhism is True by researching Robert Wright's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your author research.
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
What ultimate message is Robert Wright's book Buddhism is True sending about the nature and value of continually examining one’s own thought patterns and behaviors?
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