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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 the Dalai Lama consume in Part III that he almost never ingests?
(a) Soup.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Meat.
(d) Wine.
2. What is the Dalai Lama's hall hung with?
(a) Tapestries that show scenes of Rome.
(b) Letters from followers.
(c) Prayer pages.
(d) Bright thankgkas.
3. What does the Dalai Lama say the only danger to him in India is?
(a) To little rice.
(b) Too much sun.
(c) Illness.
(d) An earthquake.
4. According to Abrams, what is generosity the natural outgrowth of?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Power.
(d) Sadness.
5. What book did Archbishop Tutu and his daughter write about forgiveness?
(a) The Art of Forgiving.
(b) Forgiving is Freedom.
(c) Forgiving and Forgetting.
(d) The Book of Forgiving.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Dalai Lama say is first necessary before one can bestow kindness on someone else?
2. What does Jinpa say there is no room for in life when one becomes a refugee?
3. What color is the Dalai Lama's home?
4. Which of the following pillars of joy is a quality of the mind?
5. What does Abrams write that he is tempted to see humor as a universal index of?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what does Abrams identify as the Dalai Lama's and Archbishop Tutu's default approach to any subject, no matter how painful?
2. In Part IV, what does the Dalai Lama say he learned on his flight from Japan to San Francisco in sitting next to a mother with young children?
3. In Part III, what does Abrams identify as two of the greatest sources of suffering in our lives?
4. In Part III, what specific advice does the Dalai Lama offer about changing one's perspective for the better?
5. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama advise people to think of suffering as rather than a problem?
6. In Part IV, what does Abrams identify as the so-called first pillar of the heart, and why is it so important?
7. In Part IV, who does Abrams cite as an inspiration of what real gratitude looks like, and what were this person's circumstances?
8. In Part IV, what does Brother David Steindl-Rast say about the relationship between gratitude and happiness?
9. In Part IV, why does Archbishop Tutu say the ability to laugh at himself has served him well in life and allowed him to connect with people?
10. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say about his feelings about his own safety and security in Dharamsala?
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