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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Dhritarashtra's family and the Pandavas gather to fight?
(a) The field of Rohan.
(b) The great mountain.
(c) The field of dharma.
(d) The field of dreams.

3. Where does Krishna say they come from?
(a) They come from Krishna.
(b) They come from Maya.
(c) They come from Jesus.
(d) They come from Akasha.

4. What do the six months of the southern path of the sun lead other souls to?
(a) These months lead souls to sadness.
(b) These months lead souls to liberation.
(c) These months lead souls to pleasure.
(d) These months lead souls to rebirth.

5. What happens when the women of a family become corrupt according to Arjuna?
(a) There is no one to cook meals.
(b) Society is plunged into chaos.
(c) The men clap their hands.
(d) Everyone mourns.

6. Who does Krishna say is the supreme poet?
(a) Sanjaya.
(b) Arjuna.
(c) Dhritarashtra.
(d) The Lord.

7. Who lives in freedom according to Krishna?
(a) Those who have amassed great wealth.
(b) Those who fill their lives with pleasure and root out all unpleasantness.
(c) Those who have a secure family life.
(d) Those who have gone beyond the dualities of life.

8. According to Krishna, who thinks always, "I am not the doer?"
(a) Those with hightened consciousness.
(b) Those whose consciousness is unified.
(c) Those without consciousness.
(d) Those whose consciousness is divided.

9. What does Krishna say is his action?
(a) Creation and the bringing forth of creatures.
(b) Krishna has no action.
(c) Destruction and the dissolution of the universe.
(d) Laughing and playing.

10. Where does Sri Krishna tell Arjuna all paths lead?
(a) Krishna says all paths lead to higher birth.
(b) Krishna says all paths lead to him.
(c) Krishna says all paths lead to Bombay.
(d) Krishna says all paths lead to destruction.

11. Who does Krishna say is the inner witness?
(a) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(b) Krishna says Vishnu is.
(c) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.
(d) Krishna says he is.

12. What does Krishna say happened to the practice of yoga through time?
(a) The practice of yoga was discovered.
(b) The practice of yoga became corrupted.
(c) The practice of yoga was lost.
(d) The practice of yoga became enhanced.

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

14. What creatures are most dear to Krishna?
(a) Cows are most dear to Krishna.
(b) Human beings are most dear to Krishna.
(c) Krishna looks upon all creatures equally.
(d) Flowers and birds are most dear to Krishna.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do those who worship the gods go according to Krishna?

2. Who does Krishna say will come to him?

3. What does Krishna tell Arjuna is the goal of all work?

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

5. Unto whom does Krishna say abiding joy comes?

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