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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the concept of Ubuntu?
(a) One needs to complete school before getting married.
(b) The only true joy is in children's eyes.
(c) Praying three times a day is required.
(d) A person is a person through other persons.

3. What does the Dalai Lama advise people to think about so that they will never feel lonely?
(a) You can always find a pet to keep you company.
(b) Everyone has at least one friend.
(c) You are never alone if God is in your life.
(d) There are seven billion people on the planet.

4. How long had the Dalai Lama been in exile at the time of the book's writing?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 56 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. What is the name of the traditional scarf the Dalai Lama gives Tutu upon his arrival in India?
(a) Felica.
(b) Romono.
(c) Khata.
(d) Bundu.

6. Where does the Dalai Lama celebrate his eightieth birthday?
(a) His birthplace in Tibet.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) The Tibetan Children's Village in India.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

8. What is the Sanskrit word for suffering?
(a) Romulan.
(b) Dukkha.
(c) Humus.
(d) Sukha.

9. What is the Buddhist practice of mind training called?
(a) Lojong.
(b) Mudita.
(c) Marita.
(d) Subu.

10. Who was the Dalai Lama's biology "tutor"?
(a) Anthony Forgione.
(b) Robert Livingston.
(c) Roman Farrow.
(d) Julia Nevry.

11. What is one way to cope with grief and losing loved ones, according to the Dalai Lama?
(a) Throwing a party of remembrance in the loved one's honor.
(b) Setting up a school in the loved one's honor.
(c) Praying for forgiveness for wrongs done to that person.
(d) Finding a general sense of purpose.

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

13. What kind of traditional beads do followers of the Dalai Lama use to pray?
(a) Fijuian.
(b) Rosary.
(c) Bunatan.
(d) Mala.

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

15. Which sociologist's research on loneliness does Abrams cite in Part II?
(a) Biran Mowley.
(b) Lynn Smith-Lovin.
(c) James Lavin.
(d) Lauren Squandre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Archbishop Tutu's wife?

2. Which American civil rights leader is one of Archbishop Tutu's heroes?

3. Where is the Dalai Lama's residence in exile?

4. What is Desmond Tutu's official professional title?

5. The Dalai Lama teaches that pain is inevitable, but suffering is which of the following?

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