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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Religion by Devotion to the One Supreme God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the six months of the northern path of the sun lead 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.

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

3. According to Krishna, what binds a person to continual rebirth?
(a) Love.
(b) Enmity.
(c) Worship of false gods.
(d) Attachment to the fruits of one's actions.

4. How many people does Krishna say will seek perfection?
(a) One person in many millions.
(b) One person in many hundreds.
(c) Many millions.
(d) One person in many thousands.

5. According to Krishna, what happens to those who surrender all selfish attachments to Brahman?
(a) They live a life of worldly pleasure.
(b) They become fools.
(c) Good deeds cannot reach them.
(d) Sin cannot touch them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What souls live in the body as its master?

2. What are the three gunas?

3. What is the only creature that is not subject to rebirth according to Krishna?

4. Where do the paths of the practice of selfless action and the renunciation of action lead?

5. According to Krishna, the standards that outstanding persons create will be followed by whom?

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