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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. What does the Dalai Lama recall the Tibetan saying about wisdom says?
(a) Wisdom is like rice - it is better when shared.
(b) Wisdom is like hard work - it yields great benefits.
(c) Wisdom is like storytelling - it requires a group of people to work well.
(d) Wisdom is like rainwater - both gather in low places.

2. What does the Dalai Lama say is the advantage to having something go wrong?
(a) It helps people laugh more.
(b) It helps people to try to solve problems together.
(c) People drop their pretenses and act more normal, easing the tension.
(d) It reminds us of the uncertainty of life.

3. What did the Buddha tell the woman who had lost her child in the Dalai Lama's story?
(a) To pray at her child's gravestone and he would rise again.
(b) To give her life to God, and this would make her happy.
(c) To find another child to raise in her first child's place.
(d) To find mustard seeds from a house that had not been touched by death. When she could not, she realized she was not alone in her suffering.

4. Which doctor of the Dalai Lama's does Archbishop Tutu see in Dharamsala?
(a) Virgil Maglio.
(b) Benito Murlo.
(c) Yeshi Dhonden.
(d) Morris Forworn.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Archbishop Tutu say is the difference between hope and optimism?

3. What color is the Dalai Lama's home?

4. What is the name of the traditional scarf the Dalai Lama gives Tutu upon his arrival in India?

5. Who is Archbishop Tutu's wife?

(see the answer key)

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