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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 the Dalai Lama say happens to people who have no difficulties and are always relaxed?
2. What book did Archbishop Tutu and his daughter write about forgiveness?
3. What news program profiled the person Abrams thinks embodies the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
4. What does the Dalai Lama say he goes through when he prays five times each day?
5. What does Abrams say acceptance is the opposite of?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what does Brother David Steindl-Rast say about the relationship between gratitude and happiness?
2. In Part III, what does Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?
3. In Part III, what does Abrams identify as two of the greatest sources of suffering in our lives?
4. In Part III, why does the Dalai Lama jokingly say he prefers to go to hell?
5. In Part III, in what way does the Dalai Lama say he considers himself a student at 80 years old?
6. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say about his feelings about his own safety and security in Dharamsala?
7. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say true arrogance is really an indication of?
8. 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?
9. What decision regarding Archbishop Tutu's children created some tension and anguish between Tutu and his wife, Leah?
10. In Part IV, why did the Dalai Lama laugh so hard when a former Protestant militant in Belfast said the loyalists had always taught him Jesus was Protestant and not Catholic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why are envy and jealousy so corrosive and such powerful barriers to realizing joy in one's life, according to the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What purpose do you think Abrams's frequent citations of scientific evidence and research to support some of the Dalai Lama's and Archbishop Desmond Tutu's claims about emotion and spirituality serve for the reader? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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