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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 145 - 213).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Dalai Lama say impermanence happens?
(a) Because of interdependence.
(b) Because of anger.
(c) Because of disease.
(d) Because of gratitude.

2. What does Abrams's friend Gordon Wheeler say grief is the reminder of?
(a) Our ambition.
(b) Our capacity for healing.
(c) The depths of our love.
(d) Our mistakes.

3. What does the Dalai Lama say happens to people who have no difficulties and are always relaxed?
(a) They eat more.
(b) They work less.
(c) They go to the library more.
(d) They complain more.

4. What has been the evolutionary advantage of fear and anxiety, according to Archbishop Tutu?
(a) Finding food.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Survival.
(d) Tribalism.

5. What remedy for envy does the Archbishop offer?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Joy.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abrams write in the Introduction that overshadowed his happy childhood?

2. What does the Dalai Lama say is first necessary before one can bestow kindness on someone else?

3. What did the Buddha tell the woman who had lost her child in the Dalai Lama's story?

4. How old was the Dalai Lama when he escaped from Tibet to India?

5. What is the phrase meaning the unsatisfactory nature of pursuing pleasure?

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