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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. According to Krishna which of the following is highest?
(a) The Atman.
(b) The intellect.
(c) The body.
(d) The mind.

2. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?
(a) Forgive his enemies and renounce violence.
(b) Return to his palace for forty days and nights of fasting.
(c) Rise up with a brave heart and destroy the enemy.
(d) Stab Krishna in the heart.

3. What satisfaction will Arjuna find from killing Dhritarashtra's sons?
(a) Arjuna will find no satisfaction.
(b) Arjuna will be satisfied to have saved India from eternal damnation.
(c) Arjuna will be satisfied to have won the crown for himself.
(d) Arjuna will be satisfied to have killed these evil men.

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

5. Where do the paths of the practice of selfless action and the renunciation of action lead?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) The same goal.
(c) Heaven and hell respectively.
(d) Different goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dhritarashtra's family and the Pandavas gather to fight?

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

3. Why is Arjuna overcome by sorrow?

4. Where does Krishna say true sustenance may be found?

5. According to Krishna, what is worse than death for a man of honor?

(see the answer key)

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