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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Archbishop Tutu say is necessary for two friends to be able to joke easily with one another?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Regret.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Trust.

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

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

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

5. Why does the Dalai Lama say he would prefer hell to heaven?
(a) The devil will be an interesting creature to meet.
(b) He has always liked the heat.
(c) He probably has some good friends there.
(d) He could solve more problems in hell.

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

7. What does the Dalai Lama say about Archbishop Tutu's father?
(a) He probably did not deserve forgiveness.
(b) He should have sought treatment treatment for his addiction.
(c) He was a kind person, and when he was drunk he was not his true self.
(d) He probably would have asked for forgiveness if he had lived long enough.

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

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

10. Abrams writes that generosity is not just about giving money but also about giving which of the following?
(a) Patience.
(b) Attention.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Time.

11. What does Edith Eva Eger say was the only think that kept people in the WWII concentration camps alive?
(a) Work.
(b) Spiritual guidance.
(c) Food.
(d) The acceptance of the reality of one's situation and the attempt to form the best response.

12. What does Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?
(a) How one confront's one's own mortality.
(b) How angry one is.
(c) How self-aware one is.
(d) How grateful one is.

13. What does the Dalai Lama say forgiveness does not include?
(a) Forgetting a wrong.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Certainty.
(d) Empathy.

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

15. What does the Dalai Lama consume in Part III that he almost never ingests?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Meat.
(c) Soup.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What phrase of the Dalai Lama's regarding handling difficulties in life is Abrams particularly struck by in Part III?

3. On what date did the Dalai Lama remember that spontaneous protests began in Tibet in the 2000s?

4. What is the root of the word humor?

5. What does Archbishop Tutu think about developing one's sense of humor?

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