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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 Jinpa point out that modern society has prioritized, to the detriment of society as a whole?
(a) Independence.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Captialism.
(d) Faith.

2. What have scientists discovered too much stress does to a specific part of our biological makeup?
(a) Causes our pupils to dilate.
(b) Causes our white blood cells to grow bigger.
(c) Wears down the telomeres.
(d) Constricts blood vessels in the legs.

3. In the Introduction, why did it look as if the Archbishop Tutu might not be able to make his travel arrangements to visit the Dalai Lama?
(a) The weather was very bad.
(b) His visa might have been revoked.
(c) There had been an earthquake recently in India.
(d) He had prostate cancer and his doctors might have had to advise him not to travel.

4. What is the Tibetan word for envy?
(a) Trakdok.
(b) Mudita.
(c) Suka.
(d) Bonfen.

5. What is the Sanskrit word for happiness?
(a) Dukkha.
(b) Sukha.
(c) Humus.
(d) Romulan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the Dalai Lama's traditional robe?

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

3. What paradox surrounding loneliness does the Dalai Lama speak of in Part II?

4. What is the phrase meaning the unsatisfactory nature of pursuing pleasure?

5. What is the concept of Ubuntu?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In the Introduction, what distinction does Tutu make between joy and happiness?

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

4. In Part I, what kind of creatures does Archbishop Tutu tell Abrams humans are?

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

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

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

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 I, why does Archbishop Tutu wonder how the Dalai Lama is not morose?

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

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