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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does sem mean in English?
(a) Concentration
(b) The ordinary mind
(c) Calm mind
(d) The nature of mind

2. What did Buddha say that humankind repeats?
(a) The cycle of verdu
(b) The cycle of life
(c) The cycle of sem
(d) The cycle of samsara

3. What does the Dalai Lama state Rinpoche is a student of?
(a) Psychology
(b) Buddhism
(c) Western education
(d) Eastern education

4. What does Samten often let Sogyal borrow?
(a) Socks
(b) Books
(c) Perfume
(d) Costumes

5. What does the Dalai Lama see death as?
(a) A natural, acceptable process
(b) Contentment
(c) The beginning of a person's life
(d) Unnecessary

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people think Master Kyentse was responsible for in a previous life?

2. What was the name of Rinpoche's master?

3. What should a person have at the point of death?

4. Who discusses his views in this opening chapter?

5. What does Sogyal say can lighten an atmosphere when a person is dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attributes should a master have?

2. How is reincarnation related to the continuity of the mind?

3. How did Sogyal find the present moment?

4. What does Sogyal claim fear of death comes from?

5. Describe Sogyal's first experience with death.

6. What does I mean?

7. What is the fundamental state of mind?

8. Why did people fear Khsentse?

9. What do Tibetan think are the five ways to attain enlightenment without meditation?

10. What does the name Rinpoche mean?

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