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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 did the Buddha tell the woman who had lost her child in the Dalai Lama's story?
(a) To give her life to God, and this would make her happy.
(b) To find another child to raise in her first child's place.
(c) To pray at her child's gravestone and he would rise again.
(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.

2. Which famous researcher whose work focused on emotions does Abrams cite in Part I?
(a) Paul Ekman.
(b) Mark Zandi.
(c) Deborah Fallow.
(d) Robin Rose.

3. Which country invaded Tibet, causing the Dalai Lama to go into exile in India?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iran.
(d) China.

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

5. What news program profiled the person Abrams thinks embodies the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
(a) 60 Minutes.
(b) Entertainment Tonight.
(c) CBS This Morning.
(d) Nightline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abrams say acceptance is the opposite of?

2. Why does the Dalai Lama say he would prefer hell to heaven?

3. The Dalai Lama references a study in Part III that linked a greater risk of heart attack to which of the following?

4. What does the Dalai Lama say is the advantage to having something go wrong?

5. Which primatologist believes that peace-making activities are extremely common in the animal kingdom?

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