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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the one Krishna loves live beyond the reach of?
(a) Wit and cleverness.
(b) "We" and "ours."
(c) Love and affection.
(d) "I" and "mine."

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

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

4. What does Arjuna say he sees within Krishna's body?
(a) All the gods and every living creature.
(b) Golden organs.
(c) Silver organs.
(d) A vast sea of nothingness.

5. What is Krishna among bodies of water?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The river.
(c) The lake.
(d) The still pond.

6. What do the gunas and all that changes come from?
(a) Dhritarashtra.
(b) Purusha.
(c) Rajas.
(d) Prakriti.

7. Where does Krishna tell Arjuna to still his mind?
(a) In Dharma.
(b) In beer.
(c) In Karma.
(d) In Krishna.

8. What kind of food do tamasic people prefer?
(a) Spicy food.
(b) Mild food.
(c) Salty food.
(d) Leftover food.

9. Why do neither gods nor sages know Krishna's origins?
(a) Because Krishna is the source of gods and sages.
(b) Because gods and sages do not care.
(c) Because Krishna is very secretive.
(d) Because gods and sages are foolish.

10. What does Arjuna tell Krishna he longs for at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Arjuna tells Krishna he longs to possess Krishna's power himself.
(b) Arjuna tells Krishna he longs for a large castle in the mountains.
(c) Arjuna tells Krishna he longs to fall in love with a beautiful princess.
(d) Arjuna tells Krishna he longs to see him as the supreme ruler of creation.

11. Who does Krishna say will be swiftly rescued from the cycle of birth and death?
(a) Those for whom enjoyment of the world is the supreme goal.
(b) Poets.
(c) Priests.
(d) Those for whom Krishna is the supreme goal.

12. What does Krishna say the body is called?
(a) The plate.
(b) The field.
(c) The vase.
(d) The temple.

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

14. What does Arjuna say Vishnu does to the worlds?
(a) Arjuna says Vishnu stands before the world and stomps on every single living thing.
(b) Arjuna says Vishnu laps the worlds into his burning mouth and swallows them.
(c) Arjuna says Vishnu blows out the light of the world.
(d) Arjuna say Vishnu breathes light into the world.

15. What kind of food do sattvic people prefer?
(a) Mild food.
(b) Spicy food.
(c) Salty food.
(d) Leftover food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Krishna say is truly his devotee?

2. What arises in the body?

3. What are those who "know" truly free from according to Krishna?

4. Krishna speaks of how many great sages?

5. What does Krishna urge Arjuna to act in accordance with?

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