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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tutu bring with him to visit the Dalai Lama?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Leanne.
(c) Ramona.
(d) Mpho.

2. Who is Archbishop Tutu's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Lorelei.
(c) Rose.
(d) Leah.

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

4. Why was the Dalai Lama prevented from coming to Tutu's own birthday celebration in South Africa?
(a) He could not miss an important religious celebration in the Tibetan Children's Village.
(b) He had become too ill to travel.
(c) The Chinese government pressured South Africa to deny him the visa he needed for travel.
(d) He had to stay behind for an important funeral.

5. What is the Tibetan word for envy?
(a) Bonfen.
(b) Suka.
(c) Trakdok.
(d) Mudita.

6. Who is the Dalai Lama's longtime translator?
(a) Jasmine Jorge.
(b) Thupten Jinpa.
(c) Roman Fellows.
(d) Hoy Nguyen.

7. Who is the South African leader Tutu speaks admiringly of and at length in Part I?
(a) Idris Bell.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) Moju Fremon.
(d) Eric Erickson.

8. What remedy for envy does the Archbishop offer?
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Gratitude.

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

10. According to the Dalai Lama, an excess of which of the following often causes stress?
(a) Too many family members close by.
(b) Too much money.
(c) Too much faith in God.
(d) Too much ambition and expectation.

11. What is the Dalai Lama's birth name?
(a) Tenzin Gyatso.
(b) Gaya Teneo.
(c) Jinpin Snodge.
(d) Parpal Nunes.

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

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

14. What does Archbishop Tutu think about the nature of humans?
(a) Humans are mostly good.
(b) Only the humans that go to church regularly are good.
(c) About eighty percent of humans are good, and the rest are not very good.
(d) Humans need incentives to be good.

15. What is Archbishop Tutu's advice for people in dealing with their own negative thoughts?
(a) People should not berate themselves for negative thoughts because they are inevitable.
(b) Prayer can help get rid of any negative thought.
(c) People should seek therapy to get rid of their negative thoughts.
(d) Negative thoughts should never be acted out.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the first day of Abrams's interviews with the Dalai Lama and Tutu, what does the Dalai Lama say people are too focused upon?

2. What does Abrams write in the Introduction that overshadowed his happy childhood?

3. In what year did the Dalai Lama leave Tibet?

4. What kind of traditional beads do followers of the Dalai Lama use to pray?

5. What does the Archbishop say brings most people's greatest joy?

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