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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Dalai Lama prevented from coming to Tutu's own birthday celebration in South Africa?
(a) The Chinese government pressured South Africa to deny him the visa he needed for travel.
(b) He had become too ill to travel.
(c) He had to stay behind for an important funeral.
(d) He could not miss an important religious celebration in the Tibetan Children's Village.

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

3. What is the Buddhist phrase for taking pleasure in others' good fortune?
(a) Setu.
(b) Mudita.
(c) Ramala.
(d) Mafala.

4. In what year did the Dalai Lama leave Tibet?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1959.

5. 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?
(a) He had prostate cancer and his doctors might have had to advise him not to travel.
(b) There had been an earthquake recently in India.
(c) His visa might have been revoked.
(d) The weather was very bad.

6. What is the Buddhist tradition of eating that the Dalai Lama follows?
(a) He eats just one meal a day, lunch.
(b) He eats only two meals a day, breakfast and dinner.
(c) He eats only snacks all day.
(d) He eats three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

7. Why are the Dalai Lama's flights frequently delayed or canceled?
(a) He can not get enough security professionals to accompany him on his travels.
(b) His personal pilot has other clients he has to rearrange his schedule to accommodate.
(c) His ailing health puts his travel plans at risk.
(d) The weather at his local airport is very changeable and chaotic.

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

9. 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.

10. Who is one of the world's leading experts on the science of the unconscious?
(a) Jennifer Hutchins.
(b) Bergman Nord.
(c) John Bargh.
(d) Rowley Hawkins.

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

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

13. Which American civil rights leader is one of Archbishop Tutu's heroes?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Bayard Rustin.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Robert F. Kennedy.

14. What does Archbishop Tutu think about the nature of humans?
(a) Humans are mostly good.
(b) Humans need incentives to be good.
(c) About eighty percent of humans are good, and the rest are not very good.
(d) Only the humans that go to church regularly are good.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Dalai Lama's birth name?

3. What is one translation of mudita that the Dalai Lama brings up in relation to envy?

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

5. Which young leader in South Africa was assassinated, deeply hurting Archbishop Tutu?

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