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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. 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.

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

3. What is the quality of the path to the Unrevealed according to Krishna?
(a) Full of unbearable suffering.
(b) Wide and easy.
(c) Impossible to miss.
(d) Hazardous and slow.

4. Unto whom does Krishna say abiding joy comes?
(a) To those who give all of their possessions to the poor.
(b) To those who still their mind.
(c) To those who do not judge others.
(d) To those who accomplish many good works.

5. What is the one Krishna loves incapable of?
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) Ill will.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krishna say is the only friend of the Self?

2. How does Krishna's devotee look upon friend and foe?

3. How does Krishna say the wise master their senses?

4. Krishna speaks of how many ancient ancestors?

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

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