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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 1: "My Teachers" and Appendix 2: "Questions about Death".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Master Khyentse's attendant?
(a) Yogi
(b) Yapson
(c) Sogyal
(d) Samten

2. What is de lok?
(a) Those who experience near death
(b) Those who never love
(c) The door of perception
(d) The door to the after life

3. What do people think Master Kyentse was responsible for in a previous life?
(a) The renaissance of spirituality in Tibet
(b) The crusades
(c) Establishes Buddhism
(d) Defeating China

4. Who are the people who experience near death accompanied by?
(a) The Lord of Death
(b) A winged lion
(c) A guardian angel
(d) A deity

5. What memory does Sogyal recount about his master?
(a) A holiday in Paris
(b) The time he whipped him
(c) The time he told Sogyal about his impending death
(d) The time he suddenly kissed and hugged him

Short Answer Questions

1. What ideas does the Dalai Lama discuss in this opening chapter?

2. What is the ground for the ordinary mind the foundation for?

3. Name one type of death Sogyal mentions?

4. What does Dudjum say a civilized country builds for their living corpses?

5. What does Sogyal express the importance of in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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