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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name one of the teachers Sogyal looks at in appendix 1?
(a) Jimyong Kyamy
(b) Dudjom Rinpoche
(c) Dingo Kayete Dilshan
(d) Lordrtz Joipier

2. What is the mind no longer limited by in the bardo of becoming?
(a) The outside world
(b) The physical body
(c) Conditioning
(d) Technology

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

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

5. What must one experience every seven days during this bardo?
(a) Marriage
(b) Their life highlights
(c) Birth
(d) Death

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

7. What was the name of the AIDS victim?
(a) Davis
(b) Jill
(c) Rick
(d) Arnie

8. What bardo does Sogyal discuss in this chapter?
(a) The bardo of seeing
(b) The bardo of becoming
(c) The bardo of fun
(d) The bardo of being

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

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

11. Name one thing a person can transform pain into?
(a) Positive energy
(b) A sense of purpose
(c) Karma
(d) Emotional richness

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

13. What does one need to cleanse during Phowa?
(a) Attitudes towards death
(b) Desire
(c) An angry spirit
(d) Negative karma

14. What mantra signifies the essence of the View, the Meditation and the Action
(a) Vaira Guru Padma
(b) Lum Jop Bop
(c) Siddhi Hum
(d) Om Ah Hum

15. What does the first practice in Phowa involve?
(a) Meditation
(b) Forgiveness
(c) Compassion
(d) Eating

Short Answer Questions

1. What is absolute nature known as?

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

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

4. Who did Dorothy rely on while in hospital?

5. What does Rick take responsibility for?

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