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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 215 - 289).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the Dalai Lama's friend from Northern Ireland who he thinks embodies the spirit of forgiveness?
(a) Richard Moore.
(b) Perry Gordimer.
(c) Michaela Robinson.
(d) Amanda Richardson.

3. What does Archbishop Tutu think about the nature of humans?
(a) About eighty percent of humans are good, and the rest are not very good.
(b) Humans need incentives to be good.
(c) Humans are mostly good.
(d) Only the humans that go to church regularly are good.

4. In what year did the Dalai Lama leave Tibet?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1968.

5. What does Archbishop say is the upside about China invading Tibet?
(a) He would not have learned about the suffering of the Tibetan people otherwise.
(b) South Africans would not have found solidarity with Tibetans in the same way.
(c) He would never have gotten to see India in the same way.
(d) He would not have had as close of a relationship with the Dalai Lama had China not invaded Tibet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abrams mention his wife's profession is?

2. What is the root of the word humor?

3. What does the Dalai Lama say genuine friendship is based upon?

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

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

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