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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 215 - 289).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abrams mention his wife's profession is?
(a) She is in an integrative physician.
(b) She is a lawyer.
(c) She is a history professor.
(d) She is a nurse.

2. In what year did the Dalai Lama leave Tibet?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1975.

3. What does Archbishop Tutu say hope is the antidote to?
(a) Despair.
(b) Grief.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

4. What is one translation of mudita that the Dalai Lama brings up in relation to envy?
(a) The feeling of pleasure at someone else's misfortune.
(b) Sympathetic joy, or taking pleasure in someone else's good fortune.
(c) The desire to see your children succeed.
(d) The need to have someone else depend on you.

5. What personal story about grief does the Dalai Lama share?
(a) His father died, and he went into a crisis of faith.
(b) He was devastated at the loss of his child.
(c) He was devastated at the loss of his mother.
(d) His beloved teacher died and he was grief-stricken at the loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease did Archbishop Tutu suffer from as a child?

2. What was the Dalai Lama disguised in when he fled from Tibet in 1959?

3. Abrams begins Part IV of the book by saying which of the following was one of the most stunning aspects of the week he spent with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu?

4. Who does Abrams cite as a powerful example of the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?

5. The Dalai Lama references a study in Part III that linked a greater risk of heart attack to which of the following?

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