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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. Where is Arjuna when he surveys the armies?
(a) Deep in meditation.
(b) In a mighty chariot.
(c) In the keep of his castle.
(d) On the deck of his ship.

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

3. Where do devotees of Krishna come?
(a) To church.
(b) To Krishna.
(c) To rebirth.
(d) To Delhi.

4. 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) Forgive his enemies and renounce violence.
(d) Stab Krishna in the heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do those who have completely purified themselves see?

2. Who does Krishna say is the supreme poet?

3. What does Krishna do when someone is devoted to something with complete faith?

4. What do the six months of the northern path of the sun lead souls to?

5. According to Krishna who are truly wise and fit for immortality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Krishna say a sinner may become holy?

2. What happens when dharma declines according to Krishna?

3. When does Krishna say a spiritual aspirant ascends to a unitive state?

4. What does Krishna say about those who have gone beyond the dualities of life?

5. Who does Arjuna see lined up to fight? What is his reaction?

6. What does Krishna say about those who abstain from action to enjoy sensual pleasures?

7. What does Krishna tell Arjuna concerning the performance of selfless action versus the renunciation of action?

8. What are the eight divisions of Krishna's prakriti?

9. Of those who seek the spiritual life, who are the most blessed according to Krishna?

10. What are some of the things Krishna says to describe his nature as the Lord?

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