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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 fulfills all human desire?
(a) The Father, Son and Holy spirit.
(b) The Upanishads.
(c) The Devil.
(d) The Devas.

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

3. What do truly great souls seek?
(a) Other great souls.
(b) Krishna's divine nature.
(c) Material satisfaction.
(d) Happiness.

4. Where do all creatures find their existence?
(a) On Earth.
(b) In suffering.
(c) In Akasha.
(d) In Krishna.

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

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

7. Where is Krishna's eternal seed to be found?
(a) In a bowl in a valley.
(b) In a jar on a mountain top.
(c) In every creature.
(d) Only in the human heart.

8. According to Arjuna what is the result of social chaos?
(a) Social chaos disrupts the process of spiritual evolution.
(b) Social chaos creates many joyful parties.
(c) Social chaos is a sign of the end of times.
(d) Social chaos brings justice to the poor.

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

10. According to Krishna, what happens to those who surrender all selfish attachments to Brahman?
(a) They live a life of worldly pleasure.
(b) Good deeds cannot reach them.
(c) They become fools.
(d) Sin cannot touch them.

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

12. What is the source of every selfless act according to Krishna?
(a) Drona.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Krishna.
(d) Brahman.

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

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

15. Who attains the goal of yoga according to Krishna?
(a) Those who enjoy sensual pleasure.
(b) Those who refrain from action.
(c) Those who work without expectation of reward.
(d) Those who lack energy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assembles the army of the Pandavas?

2. Why is Arjuna overcome by sorrow?

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

4. What is adhibhuta?

5. Where do Dhritarashtra's family and the Pandavas gather to fight?

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