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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Archbishop Tutu say is the difference between hope and optimism?
(a) Children are more likely to be optimists but adults are more likely to hope.
(b) Optimism spreads more easily than hope.
(c) Hope is more related to faith than optimism is.
(d) Optimism is more superficial, while hope is deeper and more enduring.

2. Who is one of the world's leading experts on the science of the unconscious?
(a) Jennifer Hutchins.
(b) Rowley Hawkins.
(c) Bergman Nord.
(d) John Bargh.

3. What is the phrase meaning the unsatisfactory nature of pursuing pleasure?
(a) The moving target.
(b) The lost cause.
(c) The roman dinner.
(d) The hedonic treadmill.

4. What is the concept of Ubuntu?
(a) The only true joy is in children's eyes.
(b) A person is a person through other persons.
(c) One needs to complete school before getting married.
(d) Praying three times a day is required.

5. Which young leader in South Africa was assassinated, deeply hurting Archbishop Tutu?
(a) Katri Ballard.
(b) Chris Hani.
(c) Marlon Jamison.
(d) Marion Barry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abrams write that he grew up as a child?

2. How long had the Dalai Lama been in exile at the time of the book's writing?

3. What does Archbishop Tutu say hope is the antidote to?

4. What does Abrams write in the Introduction that overshadowed his happy childhood?

5. What is mental immunity, according to the Dalai Lama?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, what kind of relationship does the Dalai Lama tell Archbishop Tutu he considers their relationship to be a bit like?

2. In Part I, what is one of the ways the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu express their affection for each other?

3. In Part II, what does Abrams learn about Archbishop's Tutu methods of calming himself when the two are stuck in bad traffic?

4. In Part II, what does the Dalai Lama advise for people who are grieving lost loved ones?

5. In Part I, what does Archbishop Tutu say ultimately leads to people's greatest experiences of joy?

6. In Part II, what do both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu advise as a way of handling one's worries?

7. In Part I, what frightening personal story does Abrams share about his own family?

8. In Part II, what is the main difference between how the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu advise people to handle feelings of envy?

9. In Part II, what does Archbishop Tutu emphasize about his view on human nature as a whole when bad things happen to him or in the world?

10. In Part II, what is the meaning of the word "dukkha?"

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