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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In most people, the left hemisphere of the brain controls what?
(a) Affection.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Decision-making.
(d) Language.
2. What is the one thing that the author says natural selection "cares about" (3)?
(a) Survival.
(b) Sustenance.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Procreation.
3. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?
(a) Cartesians.
(b) Tibetan Buddhists.
(c) Western Buddhists.
(d) Taoists.
4. How many parts belong to the Path that "deeply committed Buddhists are supposed to tread" (48)?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.
5. To what movie does the first chapter, entitled "Taking the Red Pill," refer?
(a) Taxi Driver.
(b) Magnolia.
(c) Drugstore Cowboy.
(d) The Matrix.
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 does the author say is the only thought people have when eyeing a sugar doughnut?
3. Whom does the author name as being on the lowest end of the spectrum in relation to how easy it will be for a person to pick up meditation?
4. What does the acronym in the chapter title of Chapter 6 mean?
5. When scientists conducted an experiment asking people to choose one of four identical pairs of pantyhose, which one did they most often choose?
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