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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 discuss in this chapter?

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

3. What is the first appendix called?

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

5. What two creatures battle a case for salvation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can a person improve the karma of someone already dead?

2. How can one expand their lifespan?

3. What have those people who have experienced death or near death reported about it?

4. How does Sogyal state we assist the dying?

5. What is the sleeping lion position?

6. Summarize The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

7. What does Sogyal hope his book will achieve?

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

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

10. Why is the bardo of dharmata rarely discussed in Tibeten Buddhism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What is the difference between the way westerners cope with death to the way Tibetans cope with death?

2) Choose either western and Tibetan culture and discuss why they cope with death like they do.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine how Buddhism looks at dying differently in comparison with the following religions:

1) Christianity.

2) Islam.

3) Hinduism.

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