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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: "The Nature of the Mind".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rinpoche discuss in this chapter?
(a) His faith
(b) His childhood
(c) His friends
(d) His previous life

2. Which of the following does Soyal not say comes from the fear of death?
(a) Knowledge of one's self
(b) A passion for life
(c) Over eating
(d) The unknown

3. What is the second authenticity?
(a) The devotion of a student
(b) A love of life
(c) The presence of enlightenment
(d) The blessing of an authentic master

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

5. What does the Dalai Lama hope Sogyal can offer?
(a) A spiritual peace for westerners
(b) A practical reference guide
(c) A karmic state
(d) A love of living

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sogyal say humans depend on?

2. What other character is also dying in this opening chapter?

3. How does the frog die?

4. What did Rinpoche do at he age of six months?

5. What does the pursuit of material items lead to?

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