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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings did the Dalai Lama have who died in infancy?
(a) 1.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

2. According to the Dalai Lama, an excess of which of the following often causes stress?
(a) Too much money.
(b) Too much faith in God.
(c) Too much ambition and expectation.
(d) Too many family members close by.

3. Who does Tutu bring with him to visit the Dalai Lama?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Mpho.
(d) Leanne.

4. What is the name of the famous prison that held many freedom fighters in South Africa during apartheid?
(a) Alcatraz.
(b) Mohijo Prison.
(c) Van Dieman's Land.
(d) Robben Island.

5. Where does the Dalai Lama celebrate his eightieth birthday?
(a) His birthplace in Tibet.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) The Tibetan Children's Village in India.

6. What is one way to cope with grief and losing loved ones, according to the Dalai Lama?
(a) Finding a general sense of purpose.
(b) Throwing a party of remembrance in the loved one's honor.
(c) Praying for forgiveness for wrongs done to that person.
(d) Setting up a school in the loved one's honor.

7. Which sociologist's research on loneliness does Abrams cite in Part II?
(a) Lynn Smith-Lovin.
(b) Lauren Squandre.
(c) James Lavin.
(d) Biran Mowley.

8. What remedy for envy does the Archbishop offer?
(a) Anger.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Joy.
(d) Solitude.

9. What does the Dalai Lama say genuine friendship is based upon?
(a) Shared experiences.
(b) Humor.
(c) Trust.
(d) Family.

10. 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 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.
(c) To pray at her child's gravestone and he would rise again.
(d) To find another child to raise in her first child's place.

11. What color is the Dalai Lama's traditional robe?
(a) Green.
(b) Navy blue.
(c) Maroon.
(d) Black.

12. What is the name of the traditional scarf the Dalai Lama gives Tutu upon his arrival in India?
(a) Romono.
(b) Bundu.
(c) Khata.
(d) Felica.

13. What is the Sanskrit word for suffering?
(a) Sukha.
(b) Romulan.
(c) Humus.
(d) Dukkha.

14. Which former U.S. Vice President did Archbishop Tutu tell a story about in Part II?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Dan Quayle.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

15. What is the Sanskrit word for happiness?
(a) Romulan.
(b) Sukha.
(c) Dukkha.
(d) Humus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the South African leader Tutu speaks admiringly of and at length in Part I?

2. What does Abrams's friend Gordon Wheeler say grief is the reminder of?

3. Who is Archbishop Tutu's wife?

4. What is the concept of Ubuntu?

5. What does the Archbishop say brings most people's greatest joy?

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