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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Krishna speaks of how many ancient ancestors?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

2. What is the quality of the path to the Unrevealed according to Krishna?
(a) Hazardous and slow.
(b) Impossible to miss.
(c) Full of unbearable suffering.
(d) Wide and easy.

3. What are the three gates to self-destructive hell?
(a) Lust, anger, greed.
(b) One, two and three.
(c) Purity, love, kindness.
(d) Indifference, ignorance, humor.

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

5. Why do neither gods nor sages know Krishna's origins?
(a) Because gods and sages do not care.
(b) Because gods and sages are foolish.
(c) Because Krishna is the source of gods and sages.
(d) Because Krishna is very secretive.

6. What word best describes sattva?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Pure.
(c) Lethargic.
(d) Funny.

7. What does Krishna say is the source from which all creatures evolve?
(a) Krishna says all creatures evolve from rajas.
(b) Krishna says all creatures evolve from sattva.
(c) Krishna says all creatures evolve from him.
(d) Krishna says all creatures evolve from Arjuna.

8. What does Krishna say will befall all the warriors on the field of dharma with or without Arjuna's participation?
(a) The warriors will feed on the blood of the innocent.
(b) The warriors will die.
(c) The warriors will laugh.
(d) The warriors will live.

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

10. Who does Krishna say is truly his devotee?
(a) One who seeks family as life's supreme goal.
(b) One who seeks penance as life's supreme goal.
(c) One who seeks pleasure as life's supreme goal.
(d) One who seeks Krishna as life's supreme goal.

11. Where does Krishna tell Arjuna to still his mind?
(a) In Krishna.
(b) In beer.
(c) In Dharma.
(d) In Karma.

12. How does Krishna's devotee look upon friend and foe?
(a) Krishna's devotee hates friends and loves foes.
(b) Krishna's devotee looks on both with equal regard.
(c) Krishna's devotee loves friends and hates foes.
(d) Krishna's devotee interacts with no one.

13. Krishna speaks of how many great sages?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

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

15. What word best describes tamas?
(a) Funny.
(b) Lethargic.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Pure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of renunciation is sannyasa?

2. Who does Krishna say will be swiftly rescued from the cycle of birth and death?

3. In this chapter, what does Krishna say Brahman may be called?

4. What does Krishna say brings immediate peace?

5. How does the ashvattha tree grow?

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