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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If Arjuna is unable to still his mind, what does Krishna recommend?
(a) Krishna recommends that Arjuna learn to still his mind through the regular practice of meditation.
(b) Krishna recommends that Arjuna give up because he will never attain the supreme goal.
(c) Krishna has no further recommendations.
(d) Krishna recommends that Arjuna find a loving wife to absorb his thoughts.

3. Krishna says one cannot renounce action all together so long as one has what?
(a) A family.
(b) A body.
(c) A wife.
(d) A house.

4. What does Krishna say a person is in this chapter?
(a) His heritage.
(b) His faith.
(c) His family circumstances.
(d) His desires.

5. What is Krishna's motivation for destroying the darkness of ignorance?
(a) Lust.
(b) Affection.
(c) Greed.
(d) Compassion.

6. For what does Arjuna apologize?
(a) Arjuna apologizes for forgetting Krishna's birthday.
(b) Arjuna apologizes for treating Krishna casually.
(c) Arjuna apologizes for his noisy dog.
(d) Arjuna apologizes for spitting at Krishna.

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

8. Krishna speaks of how many ancient ancestors?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

9. What do those whose faith is tamasic worship?
(a) Power and wealth.
(b) Forms of God.
(c) Spirits and ghosts.
(d) Nothing.

10. What is the one Krishna loves incapable of?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Ill will.
(d) Humor.

11. Among mountains what is Krishna?
(a) The Alps.
(b) The Rockies.
(c) The Andes.
(d) The Himalayas.

12. What are those who "know" truly free from according to Krishna?
(a) Smiles and laughter.
(b) Pride and deceit.
(c) Success and failure.
(d) Dishonor and scandal.

13. Krishna says some people have divine tendencies. What does he say others have?
(a) Good tendencies.
(b) So-so tendencies.
(c) No tendencies.
(d) Demonic tendencies.

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

15. What is the quality of the path to the Unrevealed according to Krishna?
(a) Full of unbearable suffering.
(b) Wide and easy.
(c) Impossible to miss.
(d) Hazardous and slow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Krishna tell Arjuna is the most established in yoga?

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

3. What is the attitude toward praise and blame for a devotee of Krishna?

4. What does Sanjaya say Krishna appeared with an infinite number of?

5. Among the luminaries what is Krishna?

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