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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Khysentse and Sogyal traveled to Sikkim?
(a) China had invaded Tibet
(b) Khysentse had fallen ill
(c) To visit Buddha's grave
(d) To buy a new monastry

2. Who does Sogyal dedicate the book to?
(a) Israel
(b) Those who perished in Tibet
(c) People looking for better lives
(d) Buddha

3. What can compassion lead the dying to?
(a) Lucidity of thought
(b) Recovery
(c) A spiritual path
(d) An good afterlife

4. What does Dorothy suffer from in the first story?
(a) Unrequited love
(b) Aids
(c) The flu
(d) Cancer

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

6. Which of the following is a primary aspect?
(a) Actions done in life
(b) Positve thoughts
(c) Compassion
(d) Birth

7. How does Sogyal improve their next life?
(a) Praying
(b) Dying surrounded by loved ones
(c) Dying in a positive state of mind
(d) Meditating

8. Name a practice that can lead to enlightenment in this bardo?
(a) Johulo
(b) Togal
(c) Tanec
(d) Tikli

9. What is absolute nature known as?
(a) Sambhogkaya
(b) Nirmanakaya
(c) Sohoyul
(d) Dharmakaya

10. Who does Sogyal say he admires?
(a) His parents
(b) The bodhisattva
(c) Servants of peace
(d) His master

11. What should one direct toward the deceased to help him or her?
(a) Positive thoughts
(b) Negative thoughts
(c) Sunlight
(d) A statue of Buddha

12. Who did one monk do as the Chinese led him to his death?
(a) Laugh
(b) Experience near death
(c) Chant
(d) Sing

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

14. Who does Sogyal say died in 1991?
(a) Yoganda Dilpak
(b) His father
(c) Ghandi
(d) Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

15. Who did Dorothy rely on while in hospital?
(a) Her brother
(b) Her best friend
(c) Her father
(d) Her master

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one enter if they fail to recognize the Ground Luminosity?

2. What age does Sogyal suggest that the lessons must be taught from?

3. What does one do during the Landscape of Light?

4. What is the mantra of compassion?

5. What is the de lok witness?

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