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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. Unto whom does Krishna say abiding joy comes?
(a) To those who give all of their possessions to the poor.
(b) To those who accomplish many good works.
(c) To those who do not judge others.
(d) To those who still their mind.

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

3. According to Krishna, the wise grieve for whom?
(a) Neither the living nor the dead.
(b) Both the living and the dead.
(c) The living.
(d) The dead.

4. Who does Krishna say is the purifier?
(a) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(b) Krishna says he is.
(c) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.
(d) Krishna says Vishnu is.

5. For what do the wise work according to Krishna?
(a) Their own profit.
(b) The welfare of the whole world.
(c) Their family.
(d) Fame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krishna say the syllable Om represents?

2. Where should one meditate?

3. What happens to the one who knows Krishna as his own divine Self?

4. What do truly great souls seek?

5. What happens when the women of a family become corrupt according to Arjuna?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Krishna say is the difference between those whose desires are fragmented and those whose consciousness is unified?

2. What does Krishna say about those who follow the path of service?

3. What is Krishna's highest nature and how does it give every creature its existence?

4. What does Sri Krishna say about Ajuna's sorrow?

5. What does Krishna say about the relationship between his unmanifested form and the existence of the manifested universe?

6. How does Krishna say ignorance is destroyed?

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

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

9. What does Krishna say truly great souls seek? How?

10. What happens when dharma declines according to Krishna?

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