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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 does Sogyal say can avert death?
(a) A master's love
(b) A lifetime of prayer
(c) A lifetime of good karma
(d) Deep breathing

2. Who are the people who experience near death accompanied by?
(a) A winged lion
(b) The Lord of Death
(c) A deity
(d) A guardian angel

3. Which of the following is a source of extremely high negative karma?
(a) Suicide
(b) Marriage for money
(c) Euthanasia
(d) Drugs

4. Name one thing a person can transform pain into?
(a) A sense of purpose
(b) Emotional richness
(c) Positive energy
(d) Karma

5. What does the deceased remain linked to during the first 21 days of the bardo of becoming?
(a) The Lord of Death
(b) Earth
(c) His or her body
(d) Life

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phowa allow one to do?

2. What two creatures battle a case for salvation?

3. What does Sogyal define at the beginning of this chapter?

4. Which religion has a threefold vision of God?

5. What does the first practice in Phowa involve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sogyal hope his book will achieve?

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

3. Describe Sogyal's master's death.

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

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

6. What is Ground Luminosity?

7. What is the Landscape of Light?

8. How can one expand their lifespan?

9. What is tantric buddhism?

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

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