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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) Trust.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Regret.

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

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

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

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

6. What does the term askaris refer to?
(a) Members of the African National Congress who turned and supported government forces.
(b) Members of the Hutu tribe.
(c) Freedom fighters in Northern Ireland.
(d) Members of the Tutsi tribe.

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

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

9. What book did Archbishop Tutu and his daughter write about forgiveness?
(a) Forgiving and Forgetting.
(b) The Book of Forgiving.
(c) The Art of Forgiving.
(d) Forgiving is Freedom.

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

11. Who does Archbishop say is good at keeping him humble?
(a) His brother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

12. Why does the Dalai Lama say impermanence happens?
(a) Because of anger.
(b) Because of interdependence.
(c) Because of disease.
(d) Because of gratitude.

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

14. What is the Dalai Lama's hall hung with?
(a) Tapestries that show scenes of Rome.
(b) Letters from followers.
(c) Bright thankgkas.
(d) Prayer pages.

15. What kind of a world does Brother Steindl-Rast say a grateful world is?
(a) A forgiving world.
(b) A dream world.
(c) An unrealistic world.
(d) A happy world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Archbishop say is the upside about China invading Tibet?

2. What does the Dalai Lama recall the Tibetan saying about wisdom says?

3. What is the dessert that the Dalai Lama most enjoys?

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

5. Why are some people afraid of receiving compassion from others, according to Abrams?

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