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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 291 - 348).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Dalai Lama suggest one goes about rejoicing in her day?
(a) Saying a prayer to let God know how great she is.
(b) Making a plan to cook someone's favorite meal for the following day.
(c) Choosing one thing at the end of the day to feel good about.
(d) Calling someone to tell that person how great she is.

2. On the first day of Abrams's interviews with the Dalai Lama and Tutu, what does the Dalai Lama say people are too focused upon?
(a) External, materialistic values.
(b) Religion.
(c) Food.
(d) Cars.

3. What did the Dalai Lama say he learned on a flight from Japan to San Francisco?
(a) The human capacity for forgiveness.
(b) The enormous patience it takes to be a parent.
(c) The hospitality that flight attendants are expected to project.
(d) The enduring pleasures of a hot towel over one's eyes.

4. Where is the Dalai Lama's residence in exile?
(a) Los Angeles California.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Moscow, Russia.
(d) Dharamsala, India.

5. What does the Dalai Lama say is the only way to promote the values he and Archbishop Tutu have talked about in this book?
(a) Through music.
(b) Through education.
(c) Through politics.
(d) Through religious doctrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Buddhist practice of mind training called?

2. What does Jinpa point out that modern society has prioritized, to the detriment of society as a whole?

3. What have scientists discovered too much stress does to a specific part of our biological makeup?

4. What does the Dalai Lama say is an artificial posture that he rejects in favor of breaking down barriers between himself and others?

5. What beverage does Archbishop Tutu have a fondness for?

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