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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What system within the body is responsible for rewards?
(a) The cardiovascular system.
(b) The dopamine system.
(c) The digestive system.
(d) The endocrine system.

2. Which group of people does the author say especially identified with the film he references within the chapter title "Take the Red Pill"?
(a) Tibetan Buddhists.
(b) Western Buddhists.
(c) Taoists.
(d) Cartesians.

3. What is the one thing that the author says natural selection "cares about" (3)?
(a) Procreation.
(b) Survival.
(c) Sustenance.
(d) Evolution.

4. The author states that he understands if the reader sees the words "formlessness" and "emptiness" and thinks of which two other words?
(a) Unflinching and rigorous.
(b) Gloomy and doomed.
(c) Crazy and depressing.
(d) Bleak and stark.

5. When it feels like the rational self makes a decision, what is really happening, according to Kurzban?
(a) It is actually that one module is stronger than another in a particular situation.
(b) It is actually that the sense of self is ebbing away.
(c) It is actually that the not-self is becoming fully realized.
(d) It is actually that one mental compartment is larger than another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher compared the relationship between feelings and the rational self to the relationship between horses and a charioteer?

2. 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?

3. When thoughts arise during meditation, the author states that they generally have all but which of the following characteristics?

4. How many minutes does the author say he spends meditating each morning?

5. Within which type of psychology have scientists learned that people can judge each other quickly through non-verbal communication?

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