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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. What does the Dalai Lama say forgiveness does not include?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Forgetting a wrong.
(c) Certainty.
(d) Empathy.

2. What does the Dalai Lama advise people to think about so that they will never feel lonely?
(a) You can always find a pet to keep you company.
(b) You are never alone if God is in your life.
(c) Everyone has at least one friend.
(d) There are seven billion people on the planet.

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

4. What personal story about grief does the Dalai Lama share?
(a) His beloved teacher died and he was grief-stricken at the loss.
(b) He was devastated at the loss of his child.
(c) His father died, and he went into a crisis of faith.
(d) He was devastated at the loss of his mother.

5. What is the concept of Ubuntu?
(a) Praying three times a day is required.
(b) One needs to complete school before getting married.
(c) A person is a person through other persons.
(d) The only true joy is in children's eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one step in the Dalai Lama's suggested generosity practices?

2. How does Abrams's friend Daniel Goldman characterize the Dalai Lama's attitude towards life?

3. What news program profiled the person Abrams thinks embodies the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?

4. In the Introduction, why did it look as if the Archbishop Tutu might not be able to make his travel arrangements to visit the Dalai Lama?

5. In Part III, what does Abrams say the Archbishop's trip to India is bookended by?

(see the answer key)

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