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

2. For what do the wise work according to Krishna?
(a) Their family.
(b) The welfare of the whole world.
(c) Their own profit.
(d) Fame.

3. What does the Self act through?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) The ashvattha tree.
(c) The gunas.
(d) The scriptures.

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

5. What souls are bound in everything they do according to Krishna?
(a) Those souls whose minds are unified.
(b) Those souls who offer everything to Brahman.
(c) Those souls whose desires are fragmented.
(d) Those souls who see the Self in all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arjuna tell Krishna he longs for at the beginning of this chapter?

2. According to Krishna who are truly wise and fit for immortality?

3. How does Krishna say the true Self may be realized?

4. What is the path for aspirants seeking to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness according to Krishna?

5. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?

(see the answer key)

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