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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the west traditionally cope with death?
(a) They forget it
(b) They deny it
(c) They rush to get there
(d) They embrace it

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

3. What is Dzogchen Tantras a guide to?
(a) The afterlife
(b) Healthy food
(c) A good life
(d) Reincarnation

4. What had Krish Gotami lost in Sogyal's story?
(a) Her dog
(b) Her car
(c) Her rabbit
(d) Her child

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

6. What does Rinpoche state his master treated him like?
(a) His son
(b) A person
(c) An animal
(d) A slave

7. What was the name of Rinpoche's master?
(a) Chow yun Fat
(b) Han yang Hopinuju
(c) Jamyan Khyentse
(d) Bobby Giles

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

9. What does Sogyal state can help remove pain?
(a) Forgiveness
(b) Meditation
(c) Medication
(d) Unconditional love

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

11. How can one overcome negative feelings when watching someone dying?
(a) By meditating
(b) By praying
(c) By thinking about reincarnation
(d) By placing one's self into their shoes

12. How does the Dalai Lama claim a person can minimize the consequences of death?
(a) By looking for happiness
(b) By turning to God
(c) By confronting it
(d) By becoming a Buddhist

13. Name Dzogchen's two fundamental processes?
(a) Dark and light
(b) Trkchtz and Ttzgal
(c) Rigba and Karma
(d) Life and Death

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

15. What country was Dunjom driving through?
(a) France
(b) Italy
(c) Japan
(d) China

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sogyal state the dying are being challenged?

2. What does a student have to achieved to move on to the View?

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

4. What does Sogyal say is the purpose of life?

5. What does the word Rinpoche mean?

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