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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 have some people dismissed near death experiences as?
(a) Hallucinations
(b) Lies
(c) Chemical reactions
(d) Dreams

2. What is the name of the second phase of the bardo of dharmata?
(a) The Union of Deities
(b) The Light Source
(c) The Living Death
(d) The Union of Mind

3. What does Sogyal say can avert death?
(a) Deep breathing
(b) A lifetime of prayer
(c) A master's love
(d) A lifetime of good karma

4. How does Sogyal want everyone to die?
(a) As individuals
(b) As they want to die
(c) As buddhists
(d) In peace

5. What age does Sogyal suggest that the lessons must be taught from?
(a) University age
(b) The teenage years
(c) Grade school
(d) Kindergarten

Short Answer Questions

1. What bardo does Sogyal discuss in this chapter?

2. Who else does Sogyal say one must assist during this process?

3. What happens once inner and outer dissolution occur?

4. Who passes judgment after the battle for salvation?

5. Name one thing a person can transform pain into?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sogyal say in the second appendix?

3. What is the sleeping lion position?

4. Summarize The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

5. How can one expand their lifespan?

6. How does Sogyal define compassion?

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

8. Who does Sogyal dedicate his book to?

9. What is included in appendix one.

10. Describe Sogyal's master's death.

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