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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. What famous honor did both Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama both receive?
3. Who is one of Archbishop Tutu's favorite mystics, mentioned in Part IV?
4. How old was the Dalai Lama when he escaped from Tibet to India?
5. What did the Dalai Lama say he learned on a flight from Japan to San Francisco?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part IV, what does Abrams explain as a core paradox of happiness?
2. What decision regarding Archbishop Tutu's children created some tension and anguish between Tutu and his wife, Leah?
3. In Part III, why does the Dalai Lama jokingly say he prefers to go to hell?
4. 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?
5. In Part III, what does Abrams's own father say after his terrible experience of traumatic brain injury?
6. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say happens when he prays to a certain statue in his home every morning?
7. In Part III, what does Abrams identify as two of the greatest sources of suffering in our lives?
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 about his feelings about his own safety and security in Dharamsala?
10. In Part III, what specific advice does the Dalai Lama offer about changing one's perspective for the better?
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
How do you think Douglas Abrams' personal relationship - and friendship - with Archbishop Desmond Tutu affected his perspective and his approach to writing The Book of Joy? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Abrams chose to include several black and white photographs of both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu from the week they all spent together in conversation that The Book of Joy is based upon. How do you think the photos affect the reader's experience and understanding of the two subjects of the book? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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