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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 the word Rinpoche mean?
(a) Sublime death
(b) Precious one
(c) Loving spoonful
(d) Special one

2. Who does Rinpoche dedicate his book to?
(a) His master
(b) The Dalai Lama
(c) His best friend
(d) His mother

3. What does Sogyal say can lighten an atmosphere when a person is dying?
(a) Reading
(b) Meditation
(c) Humor
(d) Quiet

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is the entire world in when Buddha wakes up from his meditation?

2. What does Soyal see Tsetsen as?

3. What does the Dalai Lama state Rinpoche is a student of?

4. What religion is Rinpoche a student of?

5. What should one see their master as in order to receive full benefits of his teachings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Sogyul's relationship with Samten?

2. How will people with pure vision see the world?

3. What attributes should a master have?

4. Why does Sogyal dedicate his book to his master?

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

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

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

8. What does a person need at the point of death?

9. Describe the story Sogyal tells about the woman who visited Dudjom in New York.

10. How did Sogyal find the present moment?

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