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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Religion by Attaining the Supreme.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Arjuna overcome by sorrow?
(a) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his brother dying.
(b) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his kinsmen in opposition to one another.
(c) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his father dying.
(d) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his mother dying.

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

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

4. From whence does Krishna say delusion arises?
(a) From love of one's neighbor.
(b) From the duality of attraction and aversion.
(c) From the devil.
(d) From falsehood.

5. According to Sri Krishna, nothing is higher than what for a warrior?
(a) A peaceful settlement of a conflict.
(b) A war against evil.
(c) A war against relations.
(d) Dying in battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the one Krishna loves live beyond the reach of?

2. What does Krishna say the syllable Om represents?

3. What souls are bound in everything they do according to Krishna?

4. Among the luminaries what is Krishna?

5. Where do the birth and dissolution of the cosmos take place according to Krishna?

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