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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Virtue in Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Krishna what happens to us when our body is worn out?
(a) We treat our body very delicately.
(b) Our inner self acquires a new body.
(c) Our life comes to an end.
(d) We realize we have never been anything but our body.

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

3. According to Krishna, what do those who excel control?
(a) Senses.
(b) Wives.
(c) Time.
(d) Children.

4. After Arjuna sinks into despair and falls silent what does Krishna say to him?
(a) Krishna says Arjuna speaks with sincerity but his sorrow is without cause.
(b) Krishna rebukes Arjuna for weeping like a woman.
(c) Krishna laughs at Arjuna and urges him not to take life quite so seriously.
(d) Krishna stabs Arjuna in the hand.

5. According to Arjuna what is the result of social chaos?
(a) Social chaos is a sign of the end of times.
(b) Social chaos creates many joyful parties.
(c) Social chaos brings justice to the poor.
(d) Social chaos disrupts the process of spiritual evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the women of a family become corrupt according to Arjuna?

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

3. Where is Arjuna when he surveys the armies?

4. According to Krishna, what is beheld by only a few?

5. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?

(see the answer key)

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