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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 83 - 144).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jinpa point out that modern society has prioritized, to the detriment of society as a whole?
(a) Captialism.
(b) Independence.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Faith.

3. What is the Sanskrit word for suffering?
(a) Sukha.
(b) Dukkha.
(c) Humus.
(d) Romulan.

4. Why was the Dalai Lama prevented from coming to Tutu's own birthday celebration in South Africa?
(a) He had to stay behind for an important funeral.
(b) He could not miss an important religious celebration in the Tibetan Children's Village.
(c) The Chinese government pressured South Africa to deny him the visa he needed for travel.
(d) He had become too ill to travel.

5. What does the Dalai Lama say genuine friendship is based upon?
(a) Family.
(b) Trust.
(c) Humor.
(d) Shared experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which young leader in South Africa was assassinated, deeply hurting Archbishop Tutu?

2. Where was Abrams driving with Archbishop Tutu a decade before the publication of the book when they became stuck in traffic?

3. What is the Sikh religion's holiest site that Abrams and Tutu visit?

4. What is the Buddhist tradition of eating that the Dalai Lama follows?

5. What is the Buddhist term for the recognition of our interdependence?

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