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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. On what date did the Dalai Lama remember that spontaneous protests began in Tibet in the 2000s?
(a) July 25, 2006.
(b) December 7, 2007.
(c) May 30, 2009.
(d) March 10, 2008.

2. Who is the person that it was most difficult for Archbishop Tutu to personally forgive in his own life?
(a) His brother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His father.
(d) His cousin.

3. What kind of perspective does the Dalai Lama urge his followers to try to take?
(a) More colorful.
(b) Narrower.
(c) More intellectual.
(d) Wider or larger.

4. What does the Dalai Lama recall the Tibetan saying about wisdom says?
(a) Wisdom is like hard work - it yields great benefits.
(b) Wisdom is like rice - it is better when shared.
(c) Wisdom is like storytelling - it requires a group of people to work well.
(d) Wisdom is like rainwater - both gather in low places.

5. What does Archbishop say is the upside about China invading Tibet?
(a) He would never have gotten to see India in the same way.
(b) South Africans would not have found solidarity with Tibetans in the same way.
(c) He would not have had as close of a relationship with the Dalai Lama had China not invaded Tibet.
(d) He would not have learned about the suffering of the Tibetan people otherwise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a college classmate of Abrams's who was killed in South Africa?

2. What does the Dalai Lama say forgiveness does not include?

3. Who does Archbishop say is good at keeping him humble?

4. What does Jinpa say there is no room for in life when one becomes a refugee?

5. Which primatologist believes that peace-making activities are extremely common in the animal kingdom?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, what does Abrams identify as the so-called first pillar of the heart, and why is it so important?

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 IV, what does Brother David Steindl-Rast say about the relationship between gratitude and happiness?

4. In Part III, in what way does the Dalai Lama say he considers himself a student at 80 years old?

5. In Part III, what does Abrams's own father say after his terrible experience of traumatic brain injury?

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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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