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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Virtue in Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Krishna, what is worse than death for a man of honor?
(a) Fighting his relatives.
(b) Dishonor.
(c) Being ignored.
(d) Being teased.

2. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?
(a) Return to his palace for forty days and nights of fasting.
(b) Rise up with a brave heart and destroy the enemy.
(c) Stab Krishna in the heart.
(d) Forgive his enemies and renounce violence.

3. According to Krishna, how may one be released from Karma?
(a) One must perform many good deeds.
(b) One must seek to enjoy pleasure deeply.
(c) One must live in accordance with divine laws without complaining.
(d) One must live to destroy the enemies of God Almighty.

4. According to Krishna what happens to us when our body is worn out?
(a) Our inner self acquires a new body.
(b) We treat our body very delicately.
(c) We realize we have never been anything but our body.
(d) Our life comes to an end.

5. According to Krishna, what cannot be pierced by weapons or burned by fire?
(a) Arjuna's chariot.
(b) Arjuna's body.
(c) Arjuna's palace.
(d) The Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Arjuna overcome by sorrow?

2. What satisfaction will Arjuna find from killing Dhritarashtra's sons?

3. According to Arjuna what is the result of social chaos?

4. According to Arjuna, what happens when a family declines?

5. According to Krishna where does reality lie?

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