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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 other character is also dying in this opening chapter?
(a) Kandro Tsering
(b) Khyentse
(c) Lama Tseten
(d) Sogyal

2. Which of the following is not one of the four Bardos?
(a) The painful bardo of dying
(b) The mechanical Bardo of materialism
(c) The luminous bardo of dharmata
(d) The natural bardo of life

3. Where are the great liberation teachings based?
(a) Pimordial Buddha
(b) Taj Mahal
(c) Elephantine Caves
(d) Dzogchen Tantras

4. What does Khysentse lead Samten through?
(a) Heaven
(b) The stages of death
(c) The Tibetan mountains
(d) His next life

5. Which character in this chapter is dying?
(a) Samten
(b) Master Kysentse
(c) Sogyal
(d) Nipsak

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first practice in Phowa involve?

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

3. Which of the following words does Sogyal use to describe Khyentse's attitude to Samten's death?

4. What does Phowa allow one to do?

5. What is each step in life known as?

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