Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of perspective does the Dalai Lama urge his followers to try to take?
2. Who is the person that it was most difficult for Archbishop Tutu to personally forgive in his own life?
3. Who was a college classmate of Abrams's who was killed in South Africa?
4. When did the first Democratic election in South Africa take place?
5. What does the Dalai Lama say forgiveness is a sign of?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Part III, what is the paradox of humility?
3. In Part IV, what does Abrams identify as the so-called first pillar of the heart, and why is it so important?
4. In Part IV, what does Abrams identify as the Dalai Lama's and Archbishop Tutu's default approach to any subject, no matter how painful?
5. In Part IV, who is the person in Archbishop Tutu's life that has caused him some of the deepest personal pain and why?
6. In Part III, what does Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?
7. In Part IV, what does Abrams explain as a core paradox of happiness?
8. In Part IV, what does the Dalai Lama say he learned on his flight from Japan to San Francisco in sitting next to a mother with young children?
9. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say happens when he prays to a certain statue in his home every morning?
10. In Part III, why does the Dalai Lama jokingly say he prefers to go to hell?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why are envy and jealousy so corrosive and such powerful barriers to realizing joy in one's life, according to the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks often about Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader and former South African president. Write an essay exploring the influence Mandela's life, activism, and politics has had on Tutu, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How do the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu explain what they see as the relationship between self-regard and compassion? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
|
This section contains 724 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
