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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 the Dalai Lama advise people to think about so that they will never feel lonely?
(a) There are seven billion people on the planet.
(b) You can always find a pet to keep you company.
(c) You are never alone if God is in your life.
(d) Everyone has at least one friend.

2. What is the Buddhist term for the recognition of our interdependence?
(a) Ubuntu.
(b) Nafala.
(c) Swedon.
(d) Raki.

3. Why are the Dalai Lama's flights frequently delayed or canceled?
(a) He can not get enough security professionals to accompany him on his travels.
(b) His personal pilot has other clients he has to rearrange his schedule to accommodate.
(c) The weather at his local airport is very changeable and chaotic.
(d) His ailing health puts his travel plans at risk.

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

5. What does Archbishop Tutu say is the difference between hope and optimism?
(a) Optimism is more superficial, while hope is deeper and more enduring.
(b) Optimism spreads more easily than hope.
(c) Hope is more related to faith than optimism is.
(d) Children are more likely to be optimists but adults are more likely to hope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which American civil rights leader is one of Archbishop Tutu's heroes?

3. What is the Sanskrit word for happiness?

4. Who is the South African leader Tutu speaks admiringly of and at length in Part I?

5. How long does the Dalai Lama tell Tutu he prays for every day upon waking?

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