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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18: "The Bardo of Becoming".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does mindfullness defuse?
(a) Worry
(b) Self hatred
(c) Misunderstandings
(d) Negativity and aggression

2. What bardo does Sogyal discuss in this chapter?
(a) The bardo of being
(b) The bardo of fun
(c) The bardo of seeing
(d) The bardo of becoming

3. Why do humans repeat the cycle of samsara?
(a) Because our live are monotonous
(b) Because we are afraid of living
(c) Because we are afraid of death
(d) Because we are ignorant of the true nature of mind

4. Who passes judgment after the battle for salvation?
(a) The red devil
(b) The Lord of the After Life
(c) Buddha
(d) The Lord of Death

5. What does Sogyal state there is no need to die in?
(a) Negativity
(b) Unhappiness
(c) Hospital
(d) Pain

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one convinced of during the first few weeks of this bardo?

2. What does Sogyal say can lighten an atmosphere when a person is dying?

3. What must one do to find the true nature of mind?

4. What must one experience every seven days during this bardo?

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

(see the answer key)

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