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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 is the name of the traditional scarf the Dalai Lama gives Tutu upon his arrival in India?
(a) Bundu.
(b) Felica.
(c) Khata.
(d) Romono.

2. Why was the Dalai Lama prevented from coming to Tutu's own birthday celebration in South Africa?
(a) He had to stay behind for an important funeral.
(b) The Chinese government pressured South Africa to deny him the visa he needed for travel.
(c) He had become too ill to travel.
(d) He could not miss an important religious celebration in the Tibetan Children's Village.

3. Who was the white president of South Africa that Archbishop Tutu mentions in Part II?
(a) F.W. de Klerk.
(b) Marlon Jamison.
(c) Bertie Ahern.
(d) Jaylon Meadows.

4. What is one translation of mudita that the Dalai Lama brings up in relation to envy?
(a) Sympathetic joy, or taking pleasure in someone else's good fortune.
(b) The desire to see your children succeed.
(c) The feeling of pleasure at someone else's misfortune.
(d) The need to have someone else depend on you.

5. Who is the Dalai Lama's longtime translator?
(a) Jasmine Jorge.
(b) Roman Fellows.
(c) Hoy Nguyen.
(d) Thupten Jinpa.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the first day of Abrams's interviews with the Dalai Lama and Tutu, what does the Dalai Lama say people are too focused upon?

2. What is Archbishop Tutu's advice for people in dealing with their own negative thoughts?

3. Who is the South African leader Tutu speaks admiringly of and at length in Part I?

4. Which young leader in South Africa was assassinated, deeply hurting Archbishop Tutu?

5. Where does the Dalai Lama celebrate his eightieth birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, how does Abrams explain the so-called hedonic treadmill?

2. In Part I, what do the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu agree is necessary for the creation of something beautiful?

3. In Part I, why does Archbishop Tutu wonder how the Dalai Lama is not morose?

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

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

6. In Part II, what does the Dalai Lama identify as the connection between fear and anger?

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

8. 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?

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

10. In Part I, what daily routine do the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop share related to their prayer schedule?

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