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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Introduction - pg. 78).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Buddhist tradition of eating that the Dalai Lama follows?
(a) He eats only snacks all day.
(b) He eats just one meal a day, lunch.
(c) He eats only two meals a day, breakfast and dinner.
(d) He eats three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

2. Who is the Dalai Lama's longtime translator?
(a) Thupten Jinpa.
(b) Jasmine Jorge.
(c) Roman Fellows.
(d) Hoy Nguyen.

3. What does the Dalai Lama think of when he considers the act of eating?
(a) Eating only sustainable crops.
(b) Nourishing the body as opposed to eating out of greed.
(c) His refusal to eat pork or beef, but his affinity for chicken.
(d) His status as a strict vegetarian.

4. Who is one of the world's leading experts on the science of the unconscious?
(a) Rowley Hawkins.
(b) Jennifer Hutchins.
(c) Bergman Nord.
(d) John Bargh.

5. What does Abrams write in the Introduction that overshadowed his happy childhood?
(a) Depression.
(b) Addiction.
(c) Illness.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Archbishop Tutu's wife?

2. What is the Buddhist phrase for taking pleasure in others' good fortune?

3. What is the word that means the opposite of taking pleasure in someone else's good fortune?

4. Which country invaded Tibet, causing the Dalai Lama to go into exile in India?

5. 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?

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