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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. Where does Krishna say true sustenance may be found?
(a) In anger.
(b) In bland foods.
(c) In service.
(d) In love.

2. Why is Arjuna overcome by sorrow?
(a) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his kinsmen in opposition to one another.
(b) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his mother dying.
(c) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his brother dying.
(d) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his father dying.

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

4. What are the three gunas?
(a) Akasha, rajas, and prakriti.
(b) Sattva, rajas, and tamas.
(c) Maya, sattva, and tamas.
(d) Akasha, maya and prakriti.

5. Who assembles the army of the Pandavas?
(a) Sanjaya.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Drona.
(d) Yudhishthira.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the birth and dissolution of the cosmos take place according to Krishna?

2. How does Arjuna respond to Sri Krishna's advice from the previous chapter?

3. According to Sri Krishna, nothing is higher than what for a warrior?

4. What satisfaction will Arjuna find from killing Dhritarashtra's sons?

5. Whose family does Bhishma fight for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Krishna say determines the destination of the dying.

2. What specific instructions does Krishna give for dying?

3. What is Krishna's response to Arjuna's complaint that the mind is restless and difficult to control?

4. What does Krishna tell Arjuna concerning the performance of selfless action versus the renunciation of action?

5. What are some of the metaphors Krishna gives for his nature in this chapter?

6. What happens when dharma declines according to Krishna?

7. What is the first thing Sri Krishna says to Arjuna?

8. How does Krishna say Arjuna may pass from death to immortality?

9. Describe Krishna's instructions for the practice of meditation.

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

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