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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Religion by the Threefold Kinds of Faith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the path of jnana?
(a) The path of sacrifice.
(b) The path of spiritual wisdom.
(c) The path of material abundance.
(d) The path of service.

2. What do the six months of the southern path of the sun lead other souls to?
(a) These months lead souls to rebirth.
(b) These months lead souls to pleasure.
(c) These months lead souls to sadness.
(d) These months lead souls to liberation.

3. What does Krishna say it is difficult to achieve perfect renunciation without?
(a) Krishna says it is difficult to achieve perfect renunciation without assistance from a master.
(b) Krishna says it is difficult to achieve perfect renunciation without self flagellation.
(c) Krishna says it is difficult to achieve perfect renunciation without fasting and prayer.
(d) Krishna says it is difficult to achieve perfect renunciation without performing action.

4. Who does Krishna say will be swiftly rescued from the cycle of birth and death?
(a) Poets.
(b) Priests.
(c) Those for whom enjoyment of the world is the supreme goal.
(d) Those for whom Krishna is the supreme goal.

5. What does Krishna say will befall all the warriors on the field of dharma with or without Arjuna's participation?
(a) The warriors will feed on the blood of the innocent.
(b) The warriors will laugh.
(c) The warriors will die.
(d) The warriors will live.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whose needs will Krishna provide?

2. What are the three gunas?

3. What satisfaction will Arjuna find from killing Dhritarashtra's sons?

4. What grow on the limbs of the ashvattha tree as buds?

5. What kind of food do tamasic people prefer?

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