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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Tibet is Sogyal traveling through at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) The western highlands
(b) The capital city
(c) The Tibetan mountains
(d) The eastern highlands

2. What is the only way to find enlightenment?
(a) To undertake a spiritual journey with a trained master
(b) To embrace death
(c) To always look for the truth
(d) To meditate daily

3. What ideas does the Dalai Lama discuss in this opening chapter?
(a) Views on marriage
(b) How a person should live their life.
(c) Views on the perfect relationship
(d) Views on life and death

4. What does a student have to achieved to move on to the View?
(a) True acknowledgement of death
(b) Spatial awareness
(c) Karmic purification
(d) Self realization

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

6. What does Sogyal express the importance of in this chapter?
(a) Samantabhadra
(b) Yin and Yang
(c) Dzogchen
(d) Meditation

7. What must one do to find the true nature of mind?
(a) Meditate
(b) Chant
(c) Travel
(d) Worship

8. Name one of the five ways to attain enlightenment?
(a) Mindfullness
(b) Tasting sacred nectars
(c) Falling in love
(d) Self awareness

9. Who is Khandro?
(a) Buddha's wife
(b) A demi god
(c) A great female master
(d) An evil spirit

10. What does Sogyal say humans depend on?
(a) Material possessions
(b) The after life
(c) Education
(d) Food

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

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

13. Where is Sogyal traveling to?
(a) Central Tibet
(b) Eastern Tibet
(c) Western Tibet
(d) China

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What king of reptile does Sogyal tell a story about?

2. What does Sogyal think individuals should prepare for?

3. What is the ground for the ordinary mind the foundation for?

4. What is Dzogchen Tantras a guide to?

5. What is the View used to see?

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