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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 is the root of the word humor?
(a) The same as the root for humanity: humus.
(b) The Latin word huma, meaning connection.
(c) The Greek word humira, meaning work.
(d) The Latin word humora, meaning miracle.

2. What does Abrams say acceptance is the opposite of?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Resignation and defeat.
(d) Loneliness.

3. Which former U.S. Vice President did Archbishop Tutu tell a story about in Part II?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Dan Quayle.

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

5. What is one way to cope with grief and losing loved ones, according to the Dalai Lama?
(a) Setting up a school in the loved one's honor.
(b) Finding a general sense of purpose.
(c) Praying for forgiveness for wrongs done to that person.
(d) Throwing a party of remembrance in the loved one's honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a pillar of the heart?

2. What kind of perspective does the Dalai Lama urge his followers to try to take?

3. Which part of the brain do some researchers think gratitude stimulates?

4. What is the dessert that the Dalai Lama most enjoys?

5. What does Abrams write that he is tempted to see humor as a universal index of?

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