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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which young leader in South Africa was assassinated, deeply hurting Archbishop Tutu?
(a) Katri Ballard.
(b) Chris Hani.
(c) Marion Barry.
(d) Marlon Jamison.

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

3. What has been the evolutionary advantage of fear and anxiety, according to Archbishop Tutu?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Survival.
(c) Tribalism.
(d) Finding food.

4. What role did Archbishop Tutu play in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa?
(a) He was the faith healer there.
(b) He was the note-taker.
(c) He was the lawyer called in to mediate discussions.
(d) He was chairperson.

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

6. 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) Food.
(b) Cars.
(c) Religion.
(d) External, materialistic values.

7. What does Jinpa point out that modern society has prioritized, to the detriment of society as a whole?
(a) Captialism.
(b) Independence.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Faith.

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. What does the Dalai Lama think of when he considers the act of eating?
(a) His status as a strict vegetarian.
(b) Eating only sustainable crops.
(c) Nourishing the body as opposed to eating out of greed.
(d) His refusal to eat pork or beef, but his affinity for chicken.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Abrams write that he grew up as a child?

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

5. Archbishop Tutu says he feels that each individual is which of the following "in the making"?

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