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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Krishna say is the supreme poet?
(a) Arjuna.
(b) The Lord.
(c) Dhritarashtra.
(d) Sanjaya.

3. Where do the birth and dissolution of the cosmos take place according to Krishna?
(a) Far, far away from Earth.
(b) In the center of the human heart.
(c) In Krishna.
(d) In the center of the galaxy.

4. According to Krishna, the standards that outstanding persons create will be followed by whom?
(a) The whole world.
(b) Other outstanding persons.
(c) Pious men and women.
(d) Unexceptional persons.

5. What is the path for those who have ascended to yoga?
(a) Turbulence and unrest.
(b) Carefree living.
(c) Selfless work.
(d) Stillness and peace.

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

7. What has Arjuna forgotten that Krishna remembers?
(a) The many births through which the soul passes.
(b) The way to Delhi.
(c) The way to the mountain of Vishnu.
(d) The way to Bombay.

8. What is Maya?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Reality.
(c) Another name for Arjuna.
(d) Arjuna's wife.

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

10. Who does Krishna say is the sum of all knowledge?
(a) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(b) Krishna says that he is.
(c) Krishna says Vishnu is.
(d) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.

11. According to Krishna, who thinks always, "I am not the doer?"
(a) Those whose consciousness is unified.
(b) Those without consciousness.
(c) Those whose consciousness is divided.
(d) Those with hightened consciousness.

12. What two paths did Krishna at the beginning of time for the pure of heart?
(a) The path of sages and the path of kings.
(b) The contemplative path of spiritual wisdom and the active path of selfless service.
(c) The wide path and the smooth path.
(d) The straight path and the narrow path.

13. What has the person done, who indulges his senses for his own pleasure, ignoring the needs of others, according to Krishna?
(a) Harmed no one.
(b) Worshipped God.
(c) Discovered the meaning of life.
(d) Wasted his life.

14. What does Krishna say is the fate of those who have no faith in the supreme law of life?
(a) They are sent to hell.
(b) They pass from death to death.
(c) They never die.
(d) They pass into nirvana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the women of a family become corrupt according to Arjuna?

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

3. What does Krishna tell Arjuna about the world of the senses?

4. According to Krishna, what do those who excel control?

5. From whence does Krishna say delusion arises?

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