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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Religion by Discernment.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Nirvana?
(a) A lonely place where one is punished for sin.
(b) An illusion.
(c) A painful state where one is purged of sin.
(d) The state of abiding peace and joy in God.

3. According to Krishna, what have those done who are established in the Self?
(a) They have forgotten their true nature.
(b) They have abandoned everyone they know.
(c) They have learned to hate their father and mother.
(d) They have renounced all selfish attachments.

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

5. Whose family does Bhishma fight for?
(a) Yudhishthira's family.
(b) Shiva's family.
(c) Dhritarashtra's family.
(d) Sauron's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krishna say happened to the practice of yoga through time?

2. Where is Krishna's eternal seed to be found?

3. After Arjuna sinks into despair and falls silent what does Krishna say to him?

4. According to Krishna where does reality lie?

5. What has the person done, who indulges his senses for his own pleasure, ignoring the needs of others, according to Krishna?

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