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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Krishna which of the following is highest?
(a) The mind.
(b) The intellect.
(c) The Atman.
(d) The body.

2. What do the six months of the southern path of the sun lead other souls to?
(a) These months lead souls to sadness.
(b) These months lead souls to rebirth.
(c) These months lead souls to pleasure.
(d) These months lead souls to liberation.

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

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

5. According to Krishna, the wise grieve for whom?
(a) The living.
(b) Neither the living nor the dead.
(c) The dead.
(d) Both the living and the dead.

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

7. After Arjuna sinks into despair and falls silent what does Krishna say to him?
(a) Krishna stabs Arjuna in the hand.
(b) Krishna laughs at Arjuna and urges him not to take life quite so seriously.
(c) Krishna rebukes Arjuna for weeping like a woman.
(d) Krishna says Arjuna speaks with sincerity but his sorrow is without cause.

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

9. According to Krishna who are truly wise and fit for immortality?
(a) Those who have devoutly studied scripture.
(b) Those who practice selfless service.
(c) Those walk great distances.
(d) Those who are the same in pleasure and in pain.

10. Where do devotees of Krishna come?
(a) To rebirth.
(b) To Delhi.
(c) To Krishna.
(d) To church.

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

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

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

14. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?
(a) Rise up with a brave heart and destroy the enemy.
(b) Stab Krishna in the heart.
(c) Return to his palace for forty days and nights of fasting.
(d) Forgive his enemies and renounce violence.

15. According to Krishna, what is beheld by only a few?
(a) The thrill of battle.
(b) The glory of the Self.
(c) The rising sun.
(d) The terror of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where should one meditate?

2. What is adhiyajna?

3. What souls live in the body as its master?

4. What does Krishna say is his true nature?

5. Who assembles the army of the Pandavas?

(see the answer keys)

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