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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news program profiled the person Abrams thinks embodies the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
(a) Entertainment Tonight.
(b) 60 Minutes.
(c) CBS This Morning.
(d) Nightline.

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

3. What does the Archbishop say is the natural response when someone hits you?
(a) To plot revenge on that person that is worse than what that person did to you.
(b) To want to hit that person back.
(c) To forgive that person.
(d) To tell someone else about being hit.

4. Who does Abrams cite as a powerful example of the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Michael Riley.
(c) Anthony Ray Hinton.
(d) Marlon Brando.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many pillars of joy are there?

3. What is the root of the word "humility"?

4. What did researcher Elizabeth Dunn and colleagues discover about people's happiness when they spend money?

5. What does Archbishop say is the upside about China invading Tibet?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, what does Abrams say is necessary in order for people to feel present in each moment?

2. What decision regarding Archbishop Tutu's children created some tension and anguish between Tutu and his wife, Leah?

3. In Part III, what does Abrams's own father say after his terrible experience of traumatic brain injury?

4. In Part III, what does Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?

5. In Part III, in what way does the Dalai Lama say he considers himself a student at 80 years old?

6. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama advise people to think of suffering as rather than a problem?

7. In Part IV, what do Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama emphatically agree that the willingness and ability to forgive are signs of in a person's character?

8. In Part IV, who does Abrams cite as an inspiration of what real gratitude looks like, and what were this person's circumstances?

9. In Part IV, why does Archbishop Tutu say the ability to laugh at himself has served him well in life and allowed him to connect with people?

10. In Part IV, what does Abrams identify as the so-called first pillar of the heart, and why is it so important?

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