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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 kind of renunciation is sannyasa?
(a) Refraining from selfish acts.
(b) Refraining from sex.
(c) Refraining from meat.
(d) Surrendering attachment to the fruits of action.

2. What does Arjuna say is Krishna's body?
(a) The cosmos.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A Cow.
(d) A Sheep.

3. What is the attitude toward praise and blame for a devotee of Krishna?
(a) Krishna's devotee is never praised and is never blamed.
(b) Krishna's devotee is neither lifted up by praise nor dragged down by blame.
(c) Krishna's devotee is enamored of praise and terrified of blame.
(d) Krishna's devotee is ambivalent about praise and blame.

4. What does the Self act through?
(a) The scriptures.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) The ashvattha tree.
(d) The gunas.

5. What does Krisha say it is not fitting to renounce?
(a) One's sensual desires.
(b) One's selfish desires.
(c) The fruits of one's actions.
(d) One's responsibilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krishna say is the source from which all creatures evolve?

2. What does Arjuna ask of Krishna in this chapter?

3. What does the one Krishna loves live beyond the reach of?

4. Who does Krishna say is truly his devotee?

5. Among mountains what is Krishna?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the three gunas.

2. What kind of food do those ruled by each of the gunas eat?

3. Who does Krishna say sees truly?

4. What does Krishna say are the two orders of being in the world? Is there anything beyond?

5. What is the difference between the two kinds of renunciation?

6. What exists without Krishna?

7. Why does Arjuna apologize to Krishna?

8. With what kind of person is Krishna in love?

9. What happens to souls who die in each of these states?

10. What kind of knowledge belongs to each of the gunas?

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