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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) Dreams
(b) Lies
(c) Hallucinations
(d) Chemical reactions

2. Why had Khysentse and Sogyal traveled to Sikkim?
(a) Khysentse had fallen ill
(b) To visit Buddha's grave
(c) To buy a new monastry
(d) China had invaded Tibet

3. What is every person's right to die with?
(a) Loved ones
(b) Lucidity of thought
(c) Enlightenment
(d) Spiritual assistance

4. What is de lok?
(a) Those who never love
(b) Those who experience near death
(c) The door of perception
(d) The door to the after life

5. What does one need to cleanse during Phowa?
(a) Desire
(b) Attitudes towards death
(c) Negative karma
(d) An angry spirit

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorothy suffer from in the first story?

2. What does the first practice in Phowa involve?

3. Who does Sogyal say died in 1991?

4. What is the mind no longer limited by in the bardo of becoming?

5. Which of the following is not something someone should really let go of before they die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sogyal say in the second appendix?

3. What is tantric buddhism?

4. What is the Landscape of Light?

5. Describe the story about the monk who was lead to his death by the Chinese

6. How does Sogyal state we assist the dying?

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

8. Describe the first story Sogyal tells in this chapter.

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

10. How can one expand their lifespan?

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