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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 first practice in Phowa involve?
(a) Compassion
(b) Meditation
(c) Eating
(d) Forgiveness

2. What is the crystallization into form known as?
(a) Sambhogakaya
(b) Tybolakaya
(c) Nirmanakaya
(d) Dharmakaya

3. What does Sogyal define at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Sympathy
(b) Compassion
(c) Unconditional love
(d) Samsara

4. What practice does Sogyal recommend?
(a) Radiancy
(b) Phowa
(c) Jhomna
(d) Karma

5. Which bardo does Sogyal explain in this chapter?
(a) The bardo of living
(b) The bardo of loving
(c) The bardo of dying
(d) The bardo of thinking

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sogyal say died in 1991?

2. How does Sogyal improve their next life?

3. What is the first phase of the bardo of dharmata?

4. What is de lok?

5. Name one thing that a person who has experienced death has felt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the de lok?

2. Describe David Bohn's theory?

3. What is included in appendix one.

4. What happens to the dead when the elements return?

5. Who does Sogyal dedicate his book to?

6. How can one transform their pain when watching a loved one dying?

7. What does Sogyal hope his book will achieve?

8. How can one expand their lifespan?

9. What happens during the first few weeks of someone's death?

10. Summarize The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

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