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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Religion by Renouncing Fruit of Works.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dwelling place of those who have destroyed their family dharma?
(a) Hell.
(b) The saloon.
(c) The desert.
(d) Heaven.

2. What does Arjuna do at the very end of the chapter?
(a) Arjuna says emphatically that he no longer wishes to dwell on earth, and promptly ascends into heaven.
(b) Arjuna commands his army to charge, and he is shot through the heart with an arrow.
(c) Arjuna throws down his bow and arrow and sits down in his chariot in the middle of the battle field.
(d) Arjuna collapses weeping in the arms of Sri Krishna, and begs to be taken to his palace.

3. When does Krishna say judgment is clouded?
(a) Judgement is clouded when it is obscured by ignorance.
(b) Judgement is clouded when it is obscured by emotion.
(c) Judgement is clouded when it is obscured by anger.
(d) Judgement is clouded when it is obscured by joy.

4. Who is with Arjuna before the battle begins?
(a) Sanjaya.
(b) Dhritarashtra.
(c) The Prime Minister of India.
(d) Sri Krishna.

5. What happens to the one who knows Krishna as his own divine Self?
(a) He understands his true nature to be his body.
(b) He breaks through the belief that he is the body and is not reborn as a separate creature.
(c) He vanishes from existence, his physical essence consumed by the fire of God's knowledge.
(d) He understands all things and is reborn as someone stronger and more successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Krishna, what cannot be pierced by weapons or burned by fire?

2. Where is Arjuna when he surveys the armies?

3. According to Krishna, what is worse than death for a man of honor?

4. According to Krishna, what happens to those who surrender all selfish attachments to Brahman?

5. What does Krishna say it is difficult to achieve perfect renunciation without?

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