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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Religion by the Heavenly Perfections.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what should one sit while meditating?
(a) On a cloth.
(b) Any of these.
(c) On kusha grass.
(d) On a deerskin.

2. Unto whom does Krishna say abiding joy comes?
(a) To those who give all of their possessions to the poor.
(b) To those who still their mind.
(c) To those who accomplish many good works.
(d) To those who do not judge others.

3. What do the six months of the southern path of the sun lead other souls to?
(a) These months lead souls to liberation.
(b) These months lead souls to sadness.
(c) These months lead souls to pleasure.
(d) These months lead souls to rebirth.

4. Who attains the goal of yoga according to Krishna?
(a) Those who lack energy.
(b) Those who refrain from action.
(c) Those who work without expectation of reward.
(d) Those who enjoy sensual pleasure.

5. What happens to the one who knows Krishna as his own divine Self?
(a) He vanishes from existence, his physical essence consumed by the fire of God's knowledge.
(b) He understands all things and is reborn as someone stronger and more successful.
(c) He breaks through the belief that he is the body and is not reborn as a separate creature.
(d) He understands his true nature to be his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among the luminaries what is Krishna?

2. What does Krishna tell Arjuna is the goal of all work?

3. According to Krishna what happens to us when our body is worn out?

4. What is Krishna's motivation for destroying the darkness of ignorance?

5. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?

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