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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: "Helping After Death".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dudjom's wife praise?
(a) The cemetaries
(b) The churches
(c) The meadows
(d) The snow

2. What was Kamalijit convinced she was killed by?
(a) A lion
(b) A hyena
(c) A bus
(d) A tornado

3. What do relatives need to remain if they want to stay at the bedside of a dying loved one?
(a) Humorous
(b) Happy and smiling
(c) Unattached
(d) Quiet

4. Which of the following is not something someone should really let go of before they die?
(a) Their problems
(b) Their friends
(c) Their personal possessions
(d) Their loved ones

5. What does the opening of one's heart allow for?
(a) Compassion
(b) Enlightenment
(c) Unconditional love
(d) Calmness

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why don't the Tibetans move a dead body for three days?

3. Name Dzogchen's two fundamental processes?

4. What is it customary not to do a dead body in Tibet for three days?

5. What two creatures battle a case for salvation?

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