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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 news program profiled the person Abrams thinks embodies the principles of gratitude and forgiveness?
2. What does the term askaris refer to?
3. Which of the following pillars of joy is a quality of the mind?
4. What does the Dalai Lama recall the Tibetan saying about wisdom says?
5. Which doctor of the Dalai Lama's does Archbishop Tutu see in Dharamsala?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part III, what specific advice does the Dalai Lama offer about changing one's perspective for the better?
2. 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?
3. In Part IV, what does Brother David Steindl-Rast say about the relationship between gratitude and happiness?
4. In Part III, what does Jinpa say is the true measure of spiritual development?
5. In Part IV, what does Abrams say is necessary in order for people to feel present in each moment?
6. In Part III, what does Abrams's own father say after his terrible experience of traumatic brain injury?
7. In Part IV, what does Abrams explain as a core paradox of happiness?
8. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say about his feelings about his own safety and security in Dharamsala?
9. 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?
10. In Part III, what does the Dalai Lama say true arrogance is really an indication of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Why do you think Abrams repeatedly compares animal behaviors to human behaviors when he explains some of the principles and teachings of both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What purpose do you think Abrams's frequent citations of scientific evidence and research to support some of the Dalai Lama's and Archbishop Desmond Tutu's claims about emotion and spirituality serve for the reader? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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