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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edith Eva Eger say was the only think that kept people in the WWII concentration camps alive?
(a) Food.
(b) Spiritual guidance.
(c) The acceptance of the reality of one's situation and the attempt to form the best response.
(d) Work.

2. In Part III, what does Abrams say the Archbishop's trip to India is bookended by?
(a) Graduations.
(b) Birthday parties.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Funerals.

3. What does Jinpa say there is no room for in life when one becomes a refugee?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pretense.
(d) Anger.

4. The Dalai Lama references a study in Part III that linked a greater risk of heart attack to which of the following?
(a) The eating of red meat.
(b) The conversational use of I, me, and mine.
(c) Watching too much television.
(d) The lack of exercise common in Western cultures.

5. What does the Dalai Lama recall the Tibetan saying about wisdom says?
(a) Wisdom is like rainwater - both gather in low places.
(b) Wisdom is like storytelling - it requires a group of people to work well.
(c) Wisdom is like hard work - it yields great benefits.
(d) Wisdom is like rice - it is better when shared.

6. What does the Dalai Lama say about Archbishop Tutu's father?
(a) He was a kind person, and when he was drunk he was not his true self.
(b) He probably would have asked for forgiveness if he had lived long enough.
(c) He probably did not deserve forgiveness.
(d) He should have sought treatment treatment for his addiction.

7. In what year did the Dalai Lama start making pilgrimages to different religious traditions?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1975.
(d) 2010.

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

9. What does Archbishop say is the upside about China invading Tibet?
(a) He would never have gotten to see India in the same way.
(b) He would not have had as close of a relationship with the Dalai Lama had China not invaded Tibet.
(c) He would not have learned about the suffering of the Tibetan people otherwise.
(d) South Africans would not have found solidarity with Tibetans in the same way.

10. How many pillars of joy are there?
(a) 4.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

11. How does Abrams's friend Daniel Goldman characterize the Dalai Lama's attitude towards life?
(a) He says the Dalai Lama will is a channel for peace.
(b) He says the Dalai Lama is a great mentor.
(c) He says the Dalai Lama seems amused by everything going on around him.
(d) He says the Dalai Lama is very focused on prayer.

12. On what date did the Dalai Lama remember that spontaneous protests began in Tibet in the 2000s?
(a) March 10, 2008.
(b) July 25, 2006.
(c) December 7, 2007.
(d) May 30, 2009.

13. What does the Dalai Lama say the Buddha's first teaching is?
(a) The inevitability of jealousy.
(b) The importance of gratitude.
(c) The importance of fighting our own anger.
(d) The inevitability of suffering and the transient nature of existence.

14. What does the Dalai Lama say forgiveness does not include?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Certainty.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Forgetting a wrong.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Dalai Lama say is the advantage to having something go wrong?

2. Who does Archbishop say is good at keeping him humble?

3. In Part III, a Tibetan goes that adversities can turn into which of the following?

4. What color is the Dalai Lama's home?

5. When did the first Democratic election in South Africa take place?

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