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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 291 - 348).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Abrams driving with Archbishop Tutu a decade before the publication of the book when they became stuck in traffic?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Rome.
(d) Florida.

2. In what year did the Dalai Lama have an audience with the late Queen Mother of England?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2000.

3. What is the Tibetan word for envy?
(a) Suka.
(b) Bonfen.
(c) Mudita.
(d) Trakdok.

4. Who does Archbishop say is good at keeping him humble?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His father.

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) Throwing a party of remembrance in the loved one's honor.
(d) Praying for forgiveness for wrongs done to that person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Archbishop say is the natural response when someone hits you?

2. What does the Dalai Lama say happens to people who have no difficulties and are always relaxed?

3. What phrase of the Dalai Lama's regarding handling difficulties in life is Abrams particularly struck by in Part III?

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

5. What is the word that means the opposite of taking pleasure in someone else's good fortune?

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