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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the foolish not look beyond?
(a) Their inner Self.
(b) Their nose.
(c) Their doorway.
(d) Physical appearances.

3. How does Arjuna respond to Sri Krishna's advice from the previous chapter?
(a) Arjuna says Krishna's advice is foolish.
(b) Arjuna says Krishna's advice seems inconsistent.
(c) Arjuna says Krishna's advice is very wise.
(d) Arjuna says Krishna's advice is inspiring.

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

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

6. According to Arjuna, what happens when a family declines?
(a) Ancient traditions are destroyed.
(b) Morality vanishes.
(c) There is a widespread famine.
(d) Women weep constantly.

7. According to Krishna where does reality lie?
(a) In human trials and tribulations.
(b) In scripture.
(c) In the eternal.
(d) In the temporal.

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

9. 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.

10. Who does Krishna say is the inner witness?
(a) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.
(b) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(c) Krishna says he is.
(d) Krishna says Vishnu is.

11. What does Krishna say is his true nature?
(a) The joy of birth.
(b) The peace of death.
(c) Transcendant of birth and death.
(d) Lightness of heart.

12. According to Krishna what happens to us when our body is worn out?
(a) We realize we have never been anything but our body.
(b) Our inner self acquires a new body.
(c) We treat our body very delicately.
(d) Our life comes to an end.

13. What does Krishna say is his action?
(a) Creation and the bringing forth of creatures.
(b) Laughing and playing.
(c) Destruction and the dissolution of the universe.
(d) Krishna has no action.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krishna do when someone is devoted to something with complete faith?

2. According to Krishna, what binds a person to continual rebirth?

3. According to Sri Krishna, nothing is higher than what for a warrior?

4. What does Krishna tell Arjuna is the goal of all work?

5. What do the six months of the southern path of the sun lead other souls to?

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