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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Krishna, what happens to those who perform all their actions in the spirit of service?
(a) Their children are happy.
(b) Their karma is dissolved.
(c) They are born into a lower caste.
(d) They are to be considered fools.

2. What creatures are most dear to Krishna?
(a) Cows are most dear to Krishna.
(b) Human beings are most dear to Krishna.
(c) Flowers and birds are most dear to Krishna.
(d) Krishna looks upon all creatures equally.

3. Where is Arjuna when he surveys the armies?
(a) Deep in meditation.
(b) On the deck of his ship.
(c) In a mighty chariot.
(d) In the keep of his castle.

4. What is adhibhuta?
(a) Krishna's daughter.
(b) The imperishable Brahman.
(c) Krishna's son.
(d) The perishable body.

5. For whose needs will Krishna provide?
(a) Krishna will provide for the needs of those who worship him and meditate upon him constantly.
(b) Krishna will provide for those who practice Vedic rituals everyday.
(c) Krishna will provide for the needs of anyone and everyone, whatever actions they take.
(d) Krishna will provide for those who make offerings of soma and slaughtered pigs.

6. Who lives in freedom according to Krishna?
(a) Those who have a secure family life.
(b) Those who have gone beyond the dualities of life.
(c) Those who have amassed great wealth.
(d) Those who fill their lives with pleasure and root out all unpleasantness.

7. After Arjuna sinks into despair and falls silent what does Krishna say to him?
(a) Krishna laughs at Arjuna and urges him not to take life quite so seriously.
(b) Krishna stabs Arjuna in the hand.
(c) Krishna says Arjuna speaks with sincerity but his sorrow is without cause.
(d) Krishna rebukes Arjuna for weeping like a woman.

8. Where do Dhritarashtra's family and the Pandavas gather to fight?
(a) The field of dharma.
(b) The great mountain.
(c) The field of Rohan.
(d) The field of dreams.

9. What is Krishna's true being?
(a) Unborn and changeless.
(b) Hilarious and uplifting.
(c) Misery and suffering.
(d) Temporal and passing.

10. According to Krishna, the wise grieve for whom?
(a) Both the living and the dead.
(b) The dead.
(c) Neither the living nor the dead.
(d) The living.

11. What is the dwelling place of those who have destroyed their family dharma?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The saloon.
(c) Hell.
(d) The desert.

12. Where does Krishna say true sustenance may be found?
(a) In service.
(b) In bland foods.
(c) In love.
(d) In anger.

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

14. Where should one meditate?
(a) On ungroomed soil.
(b) On a clean spot, neither too high nor too low.
(c) On the lowest spot that may be found.
(d) On the highest spot that may be found.

15. What happens when the women of a family become corrupt according to Arjuna?
(a) There is no one to cook meals.
(b) Everyone mourns.
(c) The men clap their hands.
(d) Society is plunged into chaos.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is adhiyajna?

3. According to Krishna what happens to us when our body is worn out?

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

5. What do those who have completely purified themselves see?

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