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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 Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?
(a) How one confront's one's own mortality.
(b) How self-aware one is.
(c) How grateful one is.
(d) How angry one is.

2. Who was a college classmate of Abrams's who was killed in South Africa?
(a) Gene Rowland.
(b) Amy Biehl.
(c) Mary Robinson.
(d) Robin Gillson.

3. What disease did Archbishop Tutu suffer from as a child?
(a) Polio.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Measles.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

4. How many pillars of joy are there?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

5. What did the Dalai Lama say he learned on a flight from Japan to San Francisco?
(a) The human capacity for forgiveness.
(b) The hospitality that flight attendants are expected to project.
(c) The enormous patience it takes to be a parent.
(d) The enduring pleasures of a hot towel over one's eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sociologist's research on loneliness does Abrams cite in Part II?

2. What have scientists discovered too much stress does to a specific part of our biological makeup?

3. What is the dessert that Archbishop Tutu most enjoys?

4. What position did Nelson Mandela hold when he was imprisoned on Robben Island?

5. What does the Dalai Lama say happens to a person who cares only for himself?

(see the answer key)

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