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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. What does the Archbishop say brings most people's greatest joy?
(a) When we seek to do good for others.
(b) When we pray.
(c) When we honor others at funerals.
(d) When we send our children to school.

2. Who is the person that it was most difficult for Archbishop Tutu to personally forgive in his own life?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

3. What is the word that means the opposite of taking pleasure in someone else's good fortune?
(a) Anger.
(b) Envy.
(c) Ruthlessness.
(d) Schadenfreude.

4. What kind of tea do Abrams, the Dalai Lama, and Archbishop Tutu drink each week?
(a) Darjeeling.
(b) Earl Grey.
(c) English Breakfast.
(d) Green Tea.

5. What is the first step in the Dalai Lama's process of cultivating mental immunity?
(a) Finding the right vitamins to take.
(b) Making a gratitude journal.
(c) Making a playlist of inspirational music.
(d) Setting intentions for the day's meditations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of perspective does the Dalai Lama urge his followers to try to take?

2. What does Abrams write that he is tempted to see humor as a universal index of?

3. What kind of a world does Brother Steindl-Rast say a grateful world is?

4. What is the Sanskrit word for suffering?

5. What does the Dalai Lama say is the goal of human life?

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