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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sogyal state the dying are being challenged?

2. What does Freda Taylor suffer from?

3. What reason does Sogya give for Arthur remembering the city?

4. What did Sogyal experience at the age of seven?

5. What can the gods never find?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What praise does the Dalai Lama give the author?

4. What is the Dalai Lama's views on death?

5. What does Sogyul realize when Samten finally dies?

6. What does Sogyal claim fear of death comes from?

7. What does I mean?

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

9. Decribe Sogyal's childhood.

10. Describe Sogyal's first experience with death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Rinpoche's life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Rinpoche talks about things that are specific to Tibetan culture. Choose one of these cultural references and discuss its relevances to Tibetan culture in terms of the following:

1) History.

2) Identity.

3) Spirituality.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Rinpoche's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Rinpoche's style give to the story?

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