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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part III, a Tibetan goes that adversities can turn into which of the following?
(a) Fear.
(b) Good opportunities.
(c) Anger.
(d) Suffering.

3. Which doctor of the Dalai Lama's does Archbishop Tutu see in Dharamsala?
(a) Morris Forworn.
(b) Yeshi Dhonden.
(c) Virgil Maglio.
(d) Benito Murlo.

4. What was one of the most difficult decisions Archbishop Tutu and his wife had to make during their marriage?
(a) To leave South Africa in exile.
(b) To send their children to language school in England.
(c) To convert to a different religion.
(d) To send their children to boarding school when they moved back to South Africa from England.

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

6. What does Abrams mention his wife's profession is?
(a) She is a history professor.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is in an integrative physician.
(d) She is a lawyer.

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

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

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

10. What does Abrams say acceptance is the opposite of?
(a) Resignation and defeat.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Empathy.

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

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

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

14. What does Abrams write that he is tempted to see humor as a universal index of?
(a) Spiritual development.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Humility.
(d) Gratitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a world does Brother Steindl-Rast say a grateful world is?

2. According to Abrams, what is generosity the natural outgrowth of?

3. What does the Dalai Lama say forgiveness does not include?

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

5. What is the Dalai Lama's hall hung with?

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