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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 has the person done, who indulges his senses for his own pleasure, ignoring the needs of others, according to Krishna?
(a) Worshipped God.
(b) Discovered the meaning of life.
(c) Harmed no one.
(d) Wasted his life.

2. According to Krishna, what binds a person to continual rebirth?
(a) Enmity.
(b) Attachment to the fruits of one's actions.
(c) Worship of false gods.
(d) Love.

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

4. 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 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 says emphatically that he no longer wishes to dwell on earth, and promptly ascends into heaven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do devotees of Krishna come?

2. What is the path of jnana?

3. How does Krishna say the true Self may be realized?

4. According to Krishna, what may no one gain perfection by abstaining from?

5. Krishna says that even if Arjuna were the most sinful of sinners he could cross beyond all sin. How?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Krishna say would happen if he ever refrained from continuous work?

2. What are Krishna's instructions to those who aspire to a state of yoga?

3. What is Arjuna's first command to Sri Krishna?

4. What does Krishna say about the duality of attraction and aversion?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Krishna say about competing with another's dharma?

10. What happens when dharma declines according to Krishna?

(see the answer keys)

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