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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 is the concept of Ubuntu?
(a) One needs to complete school before getting married.
(b) The only true joy is in children's eyes.
(c) A person is a person through other persons.
(d) Praying three times a day is required.

2. Where does the Dalai Lama celebrate his eightieth birthday?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) His birthplace in Tibet.
(d) The Tibetan Children's Village in India.

3. Which American civil rights leader is one of Archbishop Tutu's heroes?
(a) Robert F. Kennedy.
(b) Bayard Rustin.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Rosa Parks.

4. According to the Dalai Lama, an excess of which of the following often causes stress?
(a) Too much ambition and expectation.
(b) Too much faith in God.
(c) Too many family members close by.
(d) Too much money.

5. What role did Archbishop Tutu play in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa?
(a) He was chairperson.
(b) He was the note-taker.
(c) He was the lawyer called in to mediate discussions.
(d) He was the faith healer there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Dalai Lama's longtime translator?

2. What personal story about grief does the Dalai Lama share?

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

4. What is the Sanskrit word for suffering?

5. Which researcher found that mild sadness can have some surprising benefits?

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