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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 145 - 213).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the Dalai Lama's home?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

2. What does Archbishop Tutu think about the nature of humans?
(a) Humans are mostly good.
(b) About eighty percent of humans are good, and the rest are not very good.
(c) Only the humans that go to church regularly are good.
(d) Humans need incentives to be good.

3. What does the Dalai Lama say is an artificial posture that he rejects in favor of breaking down barriers between himself and others?
(a) Formality.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Hand-shaking.

4. In what year did the Dalai Lama start making pilgrimages to different religious traditions?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1980.
(d) 2010.

5. What is the Buddhist phrase for taking pleasure in others' good fortune?
(a) Ramala.
(b) Mudita.
(c) Setu.
(d) Mafala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the root of the word "humility"?

2. Archbishop Tutu says he feels that each individual is which of the following "in the making"?

3. On the first day of Abrams's interviews with the Dalai Lama and Tutu, what does the Dalai Lama say people are too focused upon?

4. Who was the white president of South Africa that Archbishop Tutu mentions in Part II?

5. Why are the Dalai Lama's flights frequently delayed or canceled?

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