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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. Name one of the attributes a master should have?
(a) Anger
(b) Humor
(c) Kindness
(d) Passion

2. What period does the natural bardo span between?
(a) Birth and death
(b) Childhood and adulthood
(c) Childhood and teenage years
(d) Morning and night

3. Which of the following is not one of the four Bardos?
(a) The mechanical Bardo of materialism
(b) The painful bardo of dying
(c) The luminous bardo of dharmata
(d) The natural bardo of life

4. What was the city in Arthur's mind?
(a) Lumei
(b) London
(c) Petra
(d) Helena

5. What does a person need to do before true communication with a dying loved one can begin?
(a) True compassion
(b) True love
(c) Enlightenment
(d) Relaxation

Short Answer Questions

1. What ideas does the Dalai Lama discuss in this opening chapter?

2. What other character is also dying in this opening chapter?

3. What can the gods never find?

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

5. What does Freda Taylor suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sogyal find the present moment?

2. What does Sogyol point out is the meaning of Dudjom's story?

3. Why did people fear Khsentse?

4. How can one train the mind to meditate?

5. What does Sogyal state the dying are going through?

6. What does the Dalai Lama introduce in his foreward?

7. What was Sogyul's relationship with Samten?

8. What proof does Sogyal offer that there is reincarnation?

9. How does Sogyal suggest we can overcome negative feelings about someone when we see them dying?

10. Describe the four bardos.

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