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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Dalai Lama say happens to a person who cares only for himself?
(a) He shrivels.
(b) He becomes powerful.
(c) He thrives.
(d) He becomes forgetful.

2. What does the Dalai Lama say is first necessary before one can bestow kindness on someone else?
(a) One must first learn to donate to charities.
(b) One must first learn to show kindness to oneself.
(c) One must first find God.
(d) One must first learn to show kindness to one's family.

3. What phrase of the Dalai Lama's regarding handling difficulties in life is Abrams particularly struck by in Part III?
(a) Finding your inner strength.
(b) Passing through difficulties.
(c) Handling the stone.
(d) Rising to the occasion.

4. What does Archbishop Tutu greet almost every new experience with?
(a) The word "unexpected."
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) The word "wonderful."

5. What does the Dalai Lama say happens to people who have no difficulties and are always relaxed?
(a) They work less.
(b) They go to the library more.
(c) They eat more.
(d) They complain more.

6. What does Archbishop Tutu think about developing one's sense of humor?
(a) It can only be taught by a comedian.
(b) It can only be taught by one's parents.
(c) It is a skill to be cultivated.
(d) It is innate.

7. When did the first Democratic election in South Africa take place?
(a) 1980.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2000.

8. What is the dessert that Archbishop Tutu most enjoys?
(a) Meringues.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Rum raisin ice cream.
(d) Key lime pie.

9. Which of the following pillars of joy is a quality of the mind?
(a) Education.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Humility.
(d) Forgiveness.

10. What does Jinpa say there is no room for in life when one becomes a refugee?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pretense.
(c) Anger.
(d) Bitterness.

11. What beverage does Archbishop Tutu have a fondness for?
(a) Seltzer water.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Coke Zero.

12. What does the Dalai Lama say the Virgin Mary is a symbol of?
(a) Love.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Sadness.

13. What did the Dalai Lama say he learned on a flight from Japan to San Francisco?
(a) The enormous patience it takes to be a parent.
(b) The enduring pleasures of a hot towel over one's eyes.
(c) The human capacity for forgiveness.
(d) The hospitality that flight attendants are expected to project.

14. What is the root of the word "humility"?
(a) The Greek word for ground, humulus.
(b) The Latin word for compassion, humo.
(c) The Greek word for fondness, humira.
(d) The Latin word for earth or soil, humus.

15. What does the Dalai Lama say he goes through when he prays five times each day?
(a) Many candles.
(b) Prayer mats.
(c) Incense.
(d) A symbolic death and rebirth cycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?

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

3. What does Abrams say acceptance is the opposite of?

4. Which part of the brain do some researchers think gratitude stimulates?

5. Who is the person that it was most difficult for Archbishop Tutu to personally forgive in his own life?

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