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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 word best describes rajas?
(a) Pure.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Lethargic.
(d) Funny.

2. What does Krishna say tamas binds us to?
(a) Action.
(b) Delusion.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Drink.

3. What does Krishna charge Arjuna to cultivate?
(a) Will.
(b) All of these.
(c) Vigor.
(d) Patience.

4. In this chapter, what does Krishna say Brahman may be called?
(a) Up or down.
(b) Being or non-being.
(c) Friend or foe.
(d) Left or right.

5. What kind of food do sattvic people prefer?
(a) Mild food.
(b) Spicy food.
(c) Leftover food.
(d) Salty food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the attitude toward praise and blame for a devotee of Krishna?

2. What is the destiny of those who are selfish and malicious?

3. What does Arjuna say is Krishna's place among the gods?

4. What does Arjuna say he believes everything Krishna has said thus far to be?

5. What do the gunas and all that changes come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the limits to Krishna's divine power?

2. What instructions does Krishna give Arjuna at the beginning of this chapter?

3. What are Krishna's instructions for Arjuna if he finds he cannot still his mind?

4. Who does Krishna say sees truly?

5. Describe the three gunas.

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

7. What does Krishna explain to Arjuna in this chapter?

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

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

10. What are some of the most glorious of Krishna's divine powers?

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