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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. According to Abrams, what is self-compassion closely linked to?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Power.
(c) Self-acceptance.
(d) Sadness.
2. How many pillars of joy are there?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.
3. Who is the Dalai Lama's friend from Northern Ireland who he thinks embodies the spirit of forgiveness?
(a) Michaela Robinson.
(b) Richard Moore.
(c) Amanda Richardson.
(d) Perry Gordimer.
4. What does the Dalai Lama say the Buddha's first teaching is?
(a) The inevitability of jealousy.
(b) The importance of fighting our own anger.
(c) The importance of gratitude.
(d) The inevitability of suffering and the transient nature of existence.
5. What book did Archbishop Tutu and his daughter write about forgiveness?
(a) Forgiving and Forgetting.
(b) The Book of Forgiving.
(c) The Art of Forgiving.
(d) Forgiving is Freedom.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is a pillar of the heart?
2. What does Archbishop Tutu greet almost every new experience with?
3. What did researcher Elizabeth Dunn and colleagues discover about people's happiness when they spend money?
4. What does the Dalai Lama say the Virgin Mary is a symbol of?
5. What did the Dalai Lama say he learned on a flight from Japan to San Francisco?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say about his feelings about his own safety and security in Dharamsala?
2. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say true arrogance is really an indication of?
3. In Part III, what specific advice does the Dalai Lama offer about changing one's perspective for the better?
4. In Part IV, why did the Dalai Lama laugh so hard when a former Protestant militant in Belfast said the loyalists had always taught him Jesus was Protestant and not Catholic?
5. 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?
6. In Part IV, what does Abrams identify as the so-called first pillar of the heart, and why is it so important?
7. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama advise people to think of suffering as rather than a problem?
8. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say happens when he prays to a certain statue in his home every morning?
9. In Part III, what does Abrams identify as two of the greatest sources of suffering in our lives?
10. In Part IV, what does Abrams say is necessary in order for people to feel present in each moment?
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