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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What position did Nelson Mandela hold when he was imprisoned on Robben Island?
(a) Chief Architect of Capetown.
(b) President of South Africa.
(c) Chairperson of the Freedom Fighters.
(d) Commander in Chief of the Military Wing of the ANC.

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

7. The Dalai Lama references a study in Part III that linked a greater risk of heart attack to which of the following?
(a) The eating of red meat.
(b) The lack of exercise common in Western cultures.
(c) The conversational use of I, me, and mine.
(d) Watching too much television.

8. How many pillars of joy are there?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

9. What did researcher Elizabeth Dunn and colleagues discover about people's happiness when they spend money?
(a) People are happier the more money they spend on themselves.
(b) People are happier spending money on less expensive things for themselves than they are spending money on more expensive things.
(c) People are happier spending money on others than they are spending it on themselves in some studies.
(d) People are happiest spending money going out to dinner.

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

11. What does the Dalai Lama say the Buddha's first teaching is?
(a) The inevitability of jealousy.
(b) The inevitability of suffering and the transient nature of existence.
(c) The importance of fighting our own anger.
(d) The importance of gratitude.

12. What does Archbishop say is the upside about China invading Tibet?
(a) He would never have gotten to see India in the same way.
(b) He would not have had as close of a relationship with the Dalai Lama had China not invaded Tibet.
(c) South Africans would not have found solidarity with Tibetans in the same way.
(d) He would not have learned about the suffering of the Tibetan people otherwise.

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

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

15. What does the Dalai Lama recall the Tibetan saying about wisdom says?
(a) Wisdom is like hard work - it yields great benefits.
(b) Wisdom is like rainwater - both gather in low places.
(c) Wisdom is like storytelling - it requires a group of people to work well.
(d) Wisdom is like rice - it is better when shared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a college classmate of Abrams's who was killed in South Africa?

2. What is Archbishop Tutu's great regret regarding his father?

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

4. What does the Dalai Lama say the Virgin Mary is a symbol of?

5. What color is the Dalai Lama's home?

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