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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous honor did both Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama both receive?
(a) The Congressional Medal of Freedom.
(b) The Nobel Peace Prize.
(c) The Pulitzer Prize.
(d) The Best in Faith Profiles Award.

2. What kind of perspective does the Dalai Lama urge his followers to try to take?
(a) Wider or larger.
(b) More colorful.
(c) Narrower.
(d) More intellectual.

3. What key paradox of Buddhism does Abrams point out in the section titled Acceptance: The Only Place?
(a) We need goals to grow as people, but we should not become overly attached to our own aspirations.
(b) Sometimes the need for connection drives us to spend more time alone.
(c) We strive to be happy, but we often are sad.
(d) We are only as trustworthy as our ancestors were.

4. According to Abrams, what is self-compassion closely linked to?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Self-acceptance.
(d) Power.

5. What does the Dalai Lama say the only danger to him in India is?
(a) To little rice.
(b) Illness.
(c) Too much sun.
(d) An earthquake.

6. Who does Abrams cite as a powerful example of the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
(a) Michael Riley.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Marlon Brando.
(d) Anthony Ray Hinton.

7. According to Abrams, what is generosity the natural outgrowth of?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Power.
(d) Forgiveness.

8. What color is the Dalai Lama's home?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

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

10. How many children were to attend the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday party at the Tibetan Village?
(a) About 10,000.
(b) About 1,750.
(c) About 3,000.
(d) About 200.

11. Why did Mpho Tutu get stripped of her ministry in South Africa?
(a) She married a partner of the same sex.
(b) She wanted to change the rules of the church too radically.
(c) She moved to another country.
(d) She said a prayer the church did not approve of.

12. Who is the person that it was most difficult for Archbishop Tutu to personally forgive in his own life?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His father.

13. What disease did Archbishop Tutu suffer from as a child?
(a) Measles.
(b) Polio.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Malaria.

14. What does the Dalai Lama say forgiveness is a sign of?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Strength.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Intelligence.

15. In what year did the Dalai Lama start making pilgrimages to different religious traditions?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1975.
(c) 2010.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Archbishop say is the natural response when someone hits you?

2. What does the Dalai Lama say is first necessary before one can bestow kindness on someone else?

3. What injury does Abrams say his own father suffered recently?

4. What did the Dalai Lama say he learned on a flight from Japan to San Francisco?

5. In Buddhism, who are one's most precious spiritual teachers?

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