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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the source of every selfless act according to Krishna?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Drona.
(d) Brahman.
2. Krishna says that even if Arjuna were the most sinful of sinners he could cross beyond all sin. How?
(a) Krishna says if Arjuna sells all of his possession he could cross beyond all sin.
(b) Krishna says Arjuna could cross beyond all sin with spiritual wisdom.
(c) Krishna says Arjuna could go live alone in the mountains and be forgiven because of his sacrifice.
(d) Krishna says Arjuna could cross beyond all sin by sharing Krishna's wisdom with another.
3. From whence does Krishna say delusion arises?
(a) From the duality of attraction and aversion.
(b) From the devil.
(c) From love of one's neighbor.
(d) From falsehood.
4. Where do all creatures find their existence?
(a) In suffering.
(b) In Akasha.
(c) On Earth.
(d) In Krishna.
5. Who does Krishna say is the inner witness?
(a) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(b) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.
(c) Krishna says he is.
(d) Krishna says Vishnu is.
6. According to Krishna, what binds a person to continual rebirth?
(a) Attachment to the fruits of one's actions.
(b) Worship of false gods.
(c) Enmity.
(d) Love.
7. According to Krishna who are truly wise and fit for immortality?
(a) Those who practice selfless service.
(b) Those who have devoutly studied scripture.
(c) Those walk great distances.
(d) Those who are the same in pleasure and in pain.
8. On what should one sit while meditating?
(a) On kusha grass.
(b) Any of these.
(c) On a cloth.
(d) On a deerskin.
9. What does Arjuna do at the very end of the chapter?
(a) Arjuna collapses weeping in the arms of Sri Krishna, and begs to be taken to his palace.
(b) Arjuna commands his army to charge, and he is shot through the heart with an arrow.
(c) Arjuna says emphatically that he no longer wishes to dwell on earth, and promptly ascends into heaven.
(d) Arjuna throws down his bow and arrow and sits down in his chariot in the middle of the battle field.
10. After Arjuna sinks into despair and falls silent what does Krishna say to him?
(a) Krishna rebukes Arjuna for weeping like a woman.
(b) Krishna says Arjuna speaks with sincerity but his sorrow is without cause.
(c) Krishna laughs at Arjuna and urges him not to take life quite so seriously.
(d) Krishna stabs Arjuna in the hand.
11. According to Krishna, what happens to those who perform all their actions in the spirit of service?
(a) Their children are happy.
(b) Their karma is dissolved.
(c) They are born into a lower caste.
(d) They are to be considered fools.
12. 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) Sensual pleasures.
(d) The good and evil deeds of any person.
13. According to Krishna, the wise grieve for whom?
(a) The dead.
(b) The living.
(c) Both the living and the dead.
(d) Neither the living nor the dead.
14. Where do those who worship the gods go according to Krishna?
(a) To heaven.
(b) To rebirth.
(c) To hell.
(d) To the Gods.
15. What is adhyatma?
(a) Krishna's son.
(b) The imperishable Brahman.
(c) The supreme sacrifice.
(d) Krishna's daughter.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Krishna, what fulfills all human desire?
2. According to Krishna, what is beheld by only a few?
3. How does Krishna say a sinner becomes holy?
4. What are those who have achieved perfect renunciation free from?
5. What is adhidaiva?
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