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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 does the Dalai Lama say is first necessary before one can bestow kindness on someone else?
(a) One must first learn to donate to charities.
(b) One must first find God.
(c) One must first learn to show kindness to oneself.
(d) One must first learn to show kindness to one's family.

2. How does Abrams's friend Daniel Goldman characterize the Dalai Lama's attitude towards life?
(a) He says the Dalai Lama will is a channel for peace.
(b) He says the Dalai Lama seems amused by everything going on around him.
(c) He says the Dalai Lama is a great mentor.
(d) He says the Dalai Lama is very focused on prayer.

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

4. What does the Dalai Lama think of when he considers the act of eating?
(a) His status as a strict vegetarian.
(b) Nourishing the body as opposed to eating out of greed.
(c) Eating only sustainable crops.
(d) His refusal to eat pork or beef, but his affinity for chicken.

5. What is the Sikh religion's holiest site that Abrams and Tutu visit?
(a) The Southern Church.
(b) The Northern Mosque.
(c) Harmandir Sahib.
(d) The Wailing Wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did researcher Elizabeth Dunn and colleagues discover about people's happiness when they spend money?

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

3. In Part III, a Tibetan goes that adversities can turn into which of the following?

4. What does the Dalai Lama advise people to think about so that they will never feel lonely?

5. What is the title of Nelson Mandela's book that Abrams quotes from?

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