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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an element the author lists as being said by Jesus Christ?
(a) I am the way.
(b) I am the truth.
(c) I am the love.
(d) I am the life.

2. What is the English translation of the title of the Buddhist text called the Satipatthana Sutta?
(a) The Three Foundations of Mindfulness.
(b) The Twelve Foundations of Mindfulness.
(c) The Two Foundations of Mindfulness.
(d) The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.

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) Taoists.
(b) Western Buddhists.
(c) Tibetan Buddhists.
(d) Cartesians.

4. What two drugs does the author say he imagines produce results similar to the feelings he had after a particularly good session of meditation at his first retreat?
(a) LSD and heroin.
(b) Valium and heroin.
(c) Cocaine and valium.
(d) LSD and psilocybin.

5. What do psychologists call the condition of "being stuck" in the natural human cycle of ultimately futile pleasure-seeking?
(a) The hedonic treadmill.
(b) The great illusion.
(c) The hamster wheel.
(d) The never-ending spiral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two points of view does the author use within the narrative of Buddhism is True?

2. Western Buddhism eliminates all but which of the following traditional Buddhist traditions?

3. What is the title of Chapter 2 of Buddhism is True?

4. What is the title of Chapter 3 of Buddhism is True?

5. 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)?

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