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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 291 - 348).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the Dalai Lama when he escaped from Tibet to India?
(a) 24.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 16.

2. What is the Sikh religion's holiest site that Abrams and Tutu visit?
(a) The Wailing Wall.
(b) The Northern Mosque.
(c) Harmandir Sahib.
(d) The Southern Church.

3. What does the Dalai Lama say he goes through when he prays five times each day?
(a) Incense.
(b) Many candles.
(c) Prayer mats.
(d) A symbolic death and rebirth cycle.

4. When did the first Democratic election in South Africa take place?
(a) 1994.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1980.

5. What key paradox of Buddhism does Abrams point out in the section titled Acceptance: The Only Place?
(a) We strive to be happy, but we often are sad.
(b) We are only as trustworthy as our ancestors were.
(c) We need goals to grow as people, but we should not become overly attached to our own aspirations.
(d) Sometimes the need for connection drives us to spend more time alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Archbishop Tutu and his daughter write about forgiveness?

2. What does the Dalai Lama say about Archbishop Tutu's father?

3. In Buddhism, who are one's most precious spiritual teachers?

4. What does Abrams's friend Gordon Wheeler say grief is the reminder of?

5. What have scientists discovered too much stress does to a specific part of our biological makeup?

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