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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Religion by Renouncing Fruit of Works.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the source of every selfless act according to Krishna?
(a) Drona.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Brahman.
(d) Krishna.

2. How does Arjuna respond to Sri Krishna's advice from the previous chapter?
(a) Arjuna says Krishna's advice is very wise.
(b) Arjuna says Krishna's advice is inspiring.
(c) Arjuna says Krishna's advice is foolish.
(d) Arjuna says Krishna's advice seems inconsistent.

3. How does Krishna say the wise master their senses?
(a) Through meditation.
(b) Through sacrifice.
(c) Through union with a woman.
(d) Through the practice of rituals.

4. What happens when the women of a family become corrupt according to Arjuna?
(a) Everyone mourns.
(b) The men clap their hands.
(c) There is no one to cook meals.
(d) Society is plunged into chaos.

5. What does Arjuna do at the very end of the chapter?
(a) Arjuna throws down his bow and arrow and sits down in his chariot in the middle of the battle field.
(b) Arjuna says emphatically that he no longer wishes to dwell on earth, and promptly ascends into heaven.
(c) Arjuna collapses weeping in the arms of Sri Krishna, and begs to be taken to his palace.
(d) Arjuna commands his army to charge, and he is shot through the heart with an arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sri Krishna tell Arjuna all paths lead?

2. What happens to the one who knows Krishna as his own divine Self?

3. According to Krishna, what happens to those who surrender all selfish attachments to Brahman?

4. According to Krishna, what do those who excel control?

5. According to Krishna, what may no one gain perfection by abstaining from?

(see the answer key)

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