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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Archbishop Tutu's great regret regarding his father?
(a) He turned down his father's request to talk very shortly before his father died.
(b) He never told his father he would never forgive him.
(c) He never told his father he loved him.
(d) He never told his father he knew that his father had loved him.

5. What does Archbishop Tutu think about developing one's sense of humor?
(a) It can only be taught by one's parents.
(b) It is a skill to be cultivated.
(c) It can only be taught by a comedian.
(d) It is innate.

6. 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 find God.
(c) One must first learn to show kindness to one's family.
(d) One must first learn to donate to charities.

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

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

9. What does the Dalai Lama say happens to people who have no difficulties and are always relaxed?
(a) They eat more.
(b) They complain more.
(c) They go to the library more.
(d) They work less.

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

11. How does Abrams's friend Daniel Goldman characterize the Dalai Lama's attitude towards life?
(a) He says the Dalai Lama is very focused on prayer.
(b) He says the Dalai Lama seems amused by everything going on around him.
(c) He says the Dalai Lama is a great mentor.
(d) He says the Dalai Lama will is a channel for peace.

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

13. What does the Dalai Lama say the Virgin Mary is a symbol of?
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Love.

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

15. In Part III, what does Abrams say the Archbishop's trip to India is bookended by?
(a) Weddings.
(b) Birthday parties.
(c) Graduations.
(d) Funerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Archbishop Tutu and his daughter write about forgiveness?

2. What story did Archbishop Tutu use in Rwanda to help make people there laugh in the midst of great pain?

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

4. Which doctor of the Dalai Lama's does Archbishop Tutu see in Dharamsala?

5. What was the Dalai Lama disguised in when he fled from Tibet in 1959?

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