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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) Khata.
(b) Bundu.
(c) Romono.
(d) Felica.

2. The Dalai Lama teaches that pain is inevitable, but suffering is which of the following?
(a) Wrong.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Positive.
(d) Optional.

3. What is the Sikh religion's holiest site that Abrams and Tutu visit?
(a) Harmandir Sahib.
(b) The Wailing Wall.
(c) The Northern Mosque.
(d) The Southern Church.

4. What does the Archbishop say brings most people's greatest joy?
(a) When we seek to do good for others.
(b) When we honor others at funerals.
(c) When we send our children to school.
(d) When we pray.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Dalai Lama say genuine friendship is based upon?

2. What does Abrams's friend Gordon Wheeler say grief is the reminder of?

3. What kind of traditional beads do followers of the Dalai Lama use to pray?

4. What is the Buddhist term for the recognition of our interdependence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part II, what does Archbishop Tutu advise for people who become frustrated and encounter obstacles to finding joy?

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

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

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

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

6. In the Introduction, why does Abrams say Archbishop Tutu might not have been able to travel to take part in the talks that made up the material for the book?

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

8. In Part II, what is one thought the Dalai Lama thinks people should remember in terms of the world population to stave off loneliness?

9. In Part II, what does the Dalai Lama say that stress and anxiety in modern life are often caused by?

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

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