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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "Impermanence".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the English word for bardos?
(a) Karma
(b) Death
(c) Stages
(d) Processes

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

3. What does Sogyal say individuals should not plan for?
(a) Parties
(b) Next week
(c) Death
(d) Tomorrow

4. What does the Dalai Lama see death as?
(a) The beginning of a person's life
(b) Unnecessary
(c) Contentment
(d) A natural, acceptable process

5. What is the basic plot of the book?
(a) Tibetan politics
(b) War
(c) Tibetan beliefs on death and dying
(d) The themes of Karma

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rinpoche discuss in this chapter?

2. What do people think Master Kyentse was responsible for in a previous life?

3. What did Sogyal experience at the age of seven?

4. What sacred lake does Kyentse visit in this chapter?

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

(see the answer key)

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