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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where should one meditate?
(a) On ungroomed soil.
(b) On the lowest spot that may be found.
(c) On a clean spot, neither too high nor too low.
(d) On the highest spot that may be found.

2. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?
(a) Stab Krishna in the heart.
(b) Return to his palace for forty days and nights of fasting.
(c) Forgive his enemies and renounce violence.
(d) Rise up with a brave heart and destroy the enemy.

3. Where do the birth and dissolution of the cosmos take place according to Krishna?
(a) In Krishna.
(b) Far, far away from Earth.
(c) In the center of the galaxy.
(d) In the center of the human heart.

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

5. Who does Krishna say is the father, mother and grandfather of the universe?
(a) Krishna says that he is.
(b) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(c) Krishna says Vishnu is.
(d) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.

6. According to Krishna, what may no one gain perfection by abstaining from?
(a) Food.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Work.
(d) Prayer.

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

8. According to Krishna, what happens to those who perform all their actions in the spirit of service?
(a) Their karma is dissolved.
(b) They are born into a lower caste.
(c) They are to be considered fools.
(d) Their children are happy.

9. According to Krishna, who thinks always, "I am not the doer?"
(a) Those with hightened consciousness.
(b) Those without consciousness.
(c) Those whose consciousness is divided.
(d) Those whose consciousness is unified.

10. According to Krishna, what cannot be pierced by weapons or burned by fire?
(a) The Self.
(b) Arjuna's palace.
(c) Arjuna's body.
(d) Arjuna's chariot.

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

12. Who does Krishna say is the sum of all knowledge?
(a) Krishna says that he is.
(b) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.
(c) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(d) Krishna says Vishnu is.

13. What does Krishna say the syllable Om represents?
(a) The changeless Brahman.
(b) Krishna.
(c) The power of forgiveness.
(d) Arjuna.

14. What does Krishna say is the only enemy of the Self?
(a) The mind.
(b) The will.
(c) God.
(d) The heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Krishna, what is worse than death for a man of honor?

3. What has the person done, who indulges his senses for his own pleasure, ignoring the needs of others, according to Krishna?

4. Where is Krishna's eternal seed to be found?

5. Who may be regarded as Krishna's very Self?

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