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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 cannot be pierced by weapons or burned by fire?
(a) Arjuna's palace.
(b) Arjuna's body.
(c) Arjuna's chariot.
(d) The Self.

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

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

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

5. What satisfaction will Arjuna find from killing Dhritarashtra's sons?
(a) Arjuna will find no satisfaction.
(b) Arjuna will be satisfied to have killed these evil men.
(c) Arjuna will be satisfied to have saved India from eternal damnation.
(d) Arjuna will be satisfied to have won the crown for himself.

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

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

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

9. According to Krishna, what is worse than death for a man of honor?
(a) Being ignored.
(b) Dishonor.
(c) Fighting his relatives.
(d) Being teased.

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

11. 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 straight path and the narrow path.
(c) The wide path and the smooth path.
(d) The contemplative path of spiritual wisdom and the active path of selfless service.

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

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

14. 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 galaxy.
(c) In the center of the human heart.
(d) In Krishna.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do all creatures find their existence?

2. Who does Krishna say will come to him?

3. Who is with Arjuna before the battle begins?

4. According to Krishna, the standards that outstanding persons create will be followed by whom?

5. What is the only creature that is not subject to rebirth according to Krishna?

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