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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) Suka.
(b) Trakdok.
(c) Mudita.
(d) Bonfen.

2. What does the Dalai Lama say happens to a person who cares only for himself?
(a) He shrivels.
(b) He thrives.
(c) He becomes powerful.
(d) He becomes forgetful.

3. Who does Abrams cite as a powerful example of the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) Michael Riley.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Anthony Ray Hinton.

4. Why does the Dalai Lama say impermanence happens?
(a) Because of disease.
(b) Because of interdependence.
(c) Because of gratitude.
(d) Because of anger.

5. What kind of traditional beads do followers of the Dalai Lama use to pray?
(a) Mala.
(b) Rosary.
(c) Fijuian.
(d) Bunatan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Archbishop Tutu play in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa?

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

3. Who is the person that it was most difficult for Archbishop Tutu to personally forgive in his own life?

4. In what year did the Dalai Lama start making pilgrimages to different religious traditions?

5. Why did Mpho Tutu get stripped of her ministry in South Africa?

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