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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 is one of the ways one can develop a stronger sense of humor?
(a) Laughing with one's children.
(b) Writing down jokes to use later.
(c) Laughing at oneself.
(d) Recording jokes on tape to see how others react to them.

2. What was one of the most difficult decisions Archbishop Tutu and his wife had to make during their marriage?
(a) To send their children to boarding school when they moved back to South Africa from England.
(b) To convert to a different religion.
(c) To leave South Africa in exile.
(d) To send their children to language school in England.

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

4. Which young leader in South Africa was assassinated, deeply hurting Archbishop Tutu?
(a) Marlon Jamison.
(b) Katri Ballard.
(c) Chris Hani.
(d) Marion Barry.

5. Where does Abrams write that he grew up as a child?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Scarsdale.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Detroit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abrams begins Part IV of the book by saying which of the following was one of the most stunning aspects of the week he spent with the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu?

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

3. In the Introduction, why did it look as if the Archbishop Tutu might not be able to make his travel arrangements to visit the Dalai Lama?

4. What is mental immunity, according to the Dalai Lama?

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

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