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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 215 - 289).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Archbishop Tutu play in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa?
(a) He was the lawyer called in to mediate discussions.
(b) He was the faith healer there.
(c) He was the note-taker.
(d) He was chairperson.

2. Why does the Dalai Lama say he would prefer hell to heaven?
(a) The devil will be an interesting creature to meet.
(b) He probably has some good friends there.
(c) He has always liked the heat.
(d) He could solve more problems in hell.

3. What does the Dalai Lama say the only danger to him in India is?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) Too much sun.
(c) To little rice.
(d) Illness.

4. Which part of the brain do some researchers think gratitude stimulates?
(a) The medulla oblongata.
(b) The hypothalamus.
(c) The frontal cortex.
(d) The amygdala.

5. What story did Archbishop Tutu use in Rwanda to help make people there laugh in the midst of great pain?
(a) He told a story about fishing and worms to make people laugh.
(b) He told a story about small-nosed people and big-nosed people to make the gathering laugh.
(c) He told a story about musical bears to make people laugh.
(d) He told a story about flowers and bees to make people laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Dalai Lama advise people to think about so that they will never feel lonely?

2. What does the Dalai Lama say is the advantage to having something go wrong?

3. What has been the evolutionary advantage of fear and anxiety, according to Archbishop Tutu?

4. According to Abrams, what is generosity the natural outgrowth of?

5. What is the phrase meaning the unsatisfactory nature of pursuing pleasure?

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