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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Archbishop say is the upside about China invading Tibet?
2. What position did Nelson Mandela hold when he was imprisoned on Robben Island?
3. What did the Dalai Lama say he learned on a flight from Japan to San Francisco?
4. What book did Archbishop Tutu and his daughter write about forgiveness?
5. According to Abrams, what is self-compassion closely linked to?
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 Brother David Steindl-Rast say about the relationship between gratitude and happiness?
3. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say true arrogance is really an indication of?
4. 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?
5. In Part III, what is the paradox of humility?
6. In Part III, what does Abrams's own father say after his terrible experience of traumatic brain injury?
7. In Part IV, what does Abrams explain as a core paradox of happiness?
8. In Part IV, who is the person in Archbishop Tutu's life that has caused him some of the deepest personal pain and why?
9. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama advise people to think of suffering as rather than a problem?
10. In Part III, what does Abrams identify as two of the greatest sources of suffering in our lives?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the Dalai Lama's teachings about the links between forgiveness and strength, and those between revenge and weakness.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Archbishop Tutu's feelings about his own relationship with his father. How does Tutu deal with his regret over his missed opportunity to speak with his father just before his father's death?
Essay Topic 3
Frequently throughout the book, Abrams emphasizes the ease and humor with with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu interact with each other. What role does Abrams argue that humor plays in the cultivation of joy, and of the bonds of friendship between these two particular religious leaders? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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