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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. Who did Dorothy rely on while in hospital?

2. What does Sogyal wish that no humans would fear?

3. What is the de lok witness?

4. Why don't the Tibetans move a dead body for three days?

5. Who should not be allowed at a dying person's bedside?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe David Bohn's theory?

2. What is the Landscape of Light?

3. Summarize The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

4. Describe Sogyal's master's death.

5. What are the de lok?

6. Who does Sogyal dedicate his book to?

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

8. How can a person help someone who is dying?

9. What does Sogyal say in the second appendix?

10. How does Sogyal define compassion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book Rinpoche states the importance of having a master.

1) What did Rinpoche's master teach him that he took forward in life.

2) How can Rinpoche use his master's teachings to pursue his own individual path.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write a 500-word essay on the following statement: Westerners are slaves to materialism.

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