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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?
(a) Stab Krishna in the heart.
(b) Return to his palace for forty days and nights of fasting.
(c) Rise up with a brave heart and destroy the enemy.
(d) Forgive his enemies and renounce violence.

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

3. How does Krishna urge Arjuna to reshape himself?
(a) Through the power of his muscles.
(b) Through the power of his heart.
(c) Through the power of his will.
(d) Through the power of his mind.

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

5. What is adhidaiva?
(a) The eternal spirit.
(b) Krishna's son.
(c) The imperishable Brahman.
(d) The supreme sacrifice.

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

7. Whose family does Bhishma fight for?
(a) Dhritarashtra's family.
(b) Yudhishthira's family.
(c) Sauron's family.
(d) Shiva's family.

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

9. What does Krishna say the Lord of this world does not partake in?
(a) The good deeds of any person.
(b) Sensual pleasures.
(c) The good and evil deeds of any person.
(d) The evil deeds of any person.

10. What is Nirvana?
(a) A lonely place where one is punished for sin.
(b) The state of abiding peace and joy in God.
(c) A painful state where one is purged of sin.
(d) An illusion.

11. What does Krishna say is the only friend of the Self?
(a) The heart.
(b) The will.
(c) The mind.
(d) God.

12. According to Krishna, what do those who excel control?
(a) Children.
(b) Time.
(c) Senses.
(d) Wives.

13. What does Arjuna believe will happen to him if he kills Bhishma and Drona?
(a) Arjuna will win a great prize.
(b) Arjuna's life will be filled with peace.
(c) Every pleasure Arjuna finds will be tainted.
(d) Arjuna will turn into a pumpkin.

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

15. Of those who seek perfection, how many will realize the ultimate goal?
(a) Very many.
(b) Very few.
(c) All.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assembles the army of the Pandavas?

2. From whence does Krishna say delusion arises?

3. According to Krishna, what have those done who are established in the Self?

4. Who does Krishna say is the supreme poet?

5. Where does the supreme Reality stand revealed according to Krishna?

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