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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. In Part III, a Tibetan goes that adversities can turn into which of the following?
(a) Fear.
(b) Good opportunities.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Anger.

2. What news program profiled the person Abrams thinks embodies the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
(a) CBS This Morning.
(b) Nightline.
(c) Entertainment Tonight.
(d) 60 Minutes.

3. What is the Dalai Lama's hall hung with?
(a) Letters from followers.
(b) Bright thankgkas.
(c) Tapestries that show scenes of Rome.
(d) Prayer pages.

4. Who was a college classmate of Abrams's who was killed in South Africa?
(a) Amy Biehl.
(b) Mary Robinson.
(c) Robin Gillson.
(d) Gene Rowland.

5. Who does Archbishop Tutu say are usually the hardest for people to forgive?
(a) Those who are older than them.
(b) Those who are their teachers.
(c) Those who are their competitors.
(d) Those closest to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Archbishop say is the natural response when someone hits you?

2. What does Archbishop Tutu greet almost every new experience with?

3. Which of the following pillars of joy is a quality of the mind?

4. What does Archbishop Tutu say is necessary for two friends to be able to joke easily with one another?

5. What does the Dalai Lama say the Buddha's first teaching is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, what does Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?

2. What decision regarding Archbishop Tutu's children created some tension and anguish between Tutu and his wife, Leah?

3. In Part III, what specific advice does the Dalai Lama offer about changing one's perspective for the better?

4. In Part IV, who is the person in Archbishop Tutu's life that has caused him some of the deepest personal pain and why?

5. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say happens when he prays to a certain statue in his home every morning?

6. In Part IV, what do Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama emphatically agree that the willingness and ability to forgive are signs of in a person's character?

7. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say true arrogance is really an indication of?

8. In Part IV, what does Abrams say is necessary in order for people to feel present in each moment?

9. 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?

10. In Part IV, who does Abrams cite as an inspiration of what real gratitude looks like, and what were this person's circumstances?

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