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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 "Spiritual Help for the Dying".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does sem mean in English?
(a) Concentration
(b) The nature of mind
(c) The ordinary mind
(d) Calm mind

2. What is each step in life known as?
(a) Bardo
(b) Loophole
(c) Jambo
(d) Garbo

3. What period does the natural bardo span between?
(a) Birth and death
(b) Childhood and teenage years
(c) Childhood and adulthood
(d) Morning and night

4. What sacred lake does Kyentse visit in this chapter?
(a) Illsbruck Tso
(b) Lhasa Tso
(c) Yamdrok Tso
(d) Vlkava Tso

5. What does Soyal see Tsetsen as?
(a) A grandfather figure
(b) A brother
(c) A father figure
(d) A best friend

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the west traditionally cope with death?

2. What is the View used to see?

3. Which character in this chapter is dying?

4. Name one thing a person can transform pain into?

5. What does a person have to stabilize in the View?

(see the answer key)

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