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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abrams's friend Gordon Wheeler say grief is the reminder of?
(a) Our capacity for healing.
(b) The depths of our love.
(c) Our mistakes.
(d) Our ambition.

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

3. What is the Tibetan word for envy?
(a) Bonfen.
(b) Mudita.
(c) Trakdok.
(d) Suka.

4. What is the title of Nelson Mandela's book that Abrams quotes from?
(a) Finding Peace in Chaos.
(b) Notes to the Future.
(c) The Fight for Freedom.
(d) A Life in Exile.

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

6. Archbishop Tutu says he feels that each individual is which of the following "in the making"?
(a) A masterpiece.
(b) A myth.
(c) A monstrosity.
(d) A miracle.

7. Who is the South African leader Tutu speaks admiringly of and at length in Part I?
(a) Idris Bell.
(b) Eric Erickson.
(c) Nelson Mandela.
(d) Moju Fremon.

8. The Dalai Lama teaches that pain is inevitable, but suffering is which of the following?
(a) Positive.
(b) Optional.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Necessary.

9. What did the Buddha tell the woman who had lost her child in the Dalai Lama's story?
(a) To pray at her child's gravestone and he would rise again.
(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 give her life to God, and this would make her happy.
(d) To find another child to raise in her first child's place.

10. What is Desmond Tutu's official professional title?
(a) Archbishop Emeritus of Southern Africa.
(b) The Pastor of South Africa.
(c) The Pope of Rome.
(d) The High Priest of Zimbabwe.

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

12. Where was Abrams driving with Archbishop Tutu a decade before the publication of the book when they became stuck in traffic?
(a) Florida.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Rome.
(d) Capetown.

13. What is the Buddhist term for the recognition of our interdependence?
(a) Raki.
(b) Ubuntu.
(c) Nafala.
(d) Swedon.

14. How long had the Dalai Lama been in exile at the time of the book's writing?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 56 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 40 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Dalai Lama's residence in exile?

2. What does Archbishop Tutu say hope is the antidote to?

3. Which former U.S. Vice President did Archbishop Tutu tell a story about in Part II?

4. What neuropsychiatrist's work does Abrams quote in Part II about anger?

5. What kind of tea do Abrams, the Dalai Lama, and Archbishop Tutu drink each week?

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