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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that the experience with the sound annoying him during the group meditation practice seems to have briefly made him a better what?
(a) Lover.
(b) Meditator.
(c) Person.
(d) Communicator.

2. The Buddah lived and taught how many years ago?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 700.
(d) 3,500.

3. What is the Samadhiraja Sutra?
(a) A Shinto relic.
(b) A Taoist text.
(c) A Buddhist text.
(d) A Buddhist relic.

4. The author suggests that if a person does not like what, then perhaps Eastern philosophy is not compatible with that person's beliefs?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Paradox.

5. The Buddha stated that what emotion has a "poisoned root and honeyed tip" (30)?
(a) Pride.
(b) Anger.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the English translation of the word dukkha?

2. What does the acronym RAIN stand for?

3. When the author opens his eyes after he is annoyed by a particular sound in group meditation, what is his first goal?

4. What is the term for the tendency to attribute inner essences to things?

5. The author states that the rock band Nirvana had originally gone by what name?

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