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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix 1: "My Teachers" and Appendix 2: "Questions about Death".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phowa allow one to do?
(a) Die serenely
(b) Relax
(c) Attain enlightenment
(d) Move into an afterlife

3. What does Buddha tell Krisha to fetch for him?
(a) Mustard seeds
(b) A turnip
(c) Poopy seeds
(d) A marrow

4. What does Dudjum say a civilized country builds for their living corpses?
(a) Beautiful sky scrapers
(b) Beautiful gardens
(c) Beautiful houses
(d) Beautiful clothes

5. What is the de lok witness?
(a) The judgement of the dead
(b) Enlightenment
(c) Pure love
(d) The transportation of souls

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sogyal wish that no humans would fear?

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

3. What does the Dalai Lama state Rinpoche is a student of?

4. What is the basic plot of the book?

5. What ideas does the Dalai Lama discuss in this opening chapter?

(see the answer key)

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