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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What arises in the body?
(a) All of these.
(b) Will.
(c) Pleasure and Pain.
(d) Intelligence.

2. From what is no creature free from?
(a) The desires of the devil.
(b) The desires of Dhritarashtra.
(c) The conditioning of the gunas.
(d) The conditioning of Sanjaya.

3. What does Arjuna say is Krishna's body?
(a) A Cow.
(b) The cosmos.
(c) A Sheep.
(d) The ocean.

4. What does Sanjaya say would resemble Krishna's revealed splendor?
(a) A thousand suns simultaneously rising.
(b) A billion harps playing music together.
(c) A hundred full moons on a still lake.
(d) A million exploding stars.

5. Through what does Krishna say he nourishes all plants?
(a) The moon.
(b) A plastic watering can
(c) Plant food.
(d) The sun.

6. What does Krishna say rajas binds us to?
(a) Delusion.
(b) Drink.
(c) Action.
(d) Happiness.

7. What does Krishna say is the source from which all creatures evolve?
(a) Krishna says all creatures evolve from him.
(b) Krishna says all creatures evolve from sattva.
(c) Krishna says all creatures evolve from Arjuna.
(d) Krishna says all creatures evolve from rajas.

8. What does Krishna say brings immediate peace?
(a) The execution of religious rites.
(b) Stretching.
(c) Surrendering attachment to the results of one's actions.
(d) A good glass of wine.

9. Which kind of renunciation is superior according to Krishna?
(a) Tyaga.
(b) Purusha.
(c) Prakriti.
(d) Sannyasa.

10. Who is the author of the scriptures?
(a) Dhritarashtra.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Arjuna.
(d) Gandhi.

11. What does Krishna charge Arjuna to cultivate?
(a) Will.
(b) All of these.
(c) Vigor.
(d) Patience.

12. Krishna speaks of how many great sages?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

13. What does Arjuna ask of Krishna in this chapter?
(a) Arjuna asks to know Krishna's deepest darkest secrets.
(b) Arjuna asks to know Krishna's long term plans.
(c) Arjuna asks to know Krishna's hopes and dreams.
(d) Arjuna asks to know all of Krishna's divine attributes.

14. What word best describes rajas?
(a) Pure.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Funny.
(d) Lethargic.

15. What does Arjuna say is Krishna's place among the gods?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) Last.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food do sattvic people prefer?

2. Krishna speaks of how many ancient ancestors?

3. In this chapter, what does Krishna say Brahman may be called?

4. Which of these qualities does Krishna say makes a person more inhuman?

5. Among mountains what is Krishna?

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