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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is with Arjuna before the battle begins?
(a) Sanjaya.
(b) Dhritarashtra.
(c) The Prime Minister of India.
(d) Sri Krishna.

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

4. What has Arjuna forgotten that Krishna remembers?
(a) The way to the mountain of Vishnu.
(b) The way to Delhi.
(c) The way to Bombay.
(d) The many births through which the soul passes.

5. What are those who have achieved perfect renunciation free from?
(a) Any sense of duality.
(b) Desire for personal gain.
(c) Love of pleasure.
(d) Hatred of pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krishna say the syllable Om represents?

2. According to Krishna, what is beheld by only a few?

3. According to Krishna, what happens to those who perform all their actions in the spirit of service?

4. What do those who have completely purified themselves see?

5. What is adhyatma?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Krishna tell Arjuna about work?

2. What does Krishna say about the relationship between his unmanifested form and the existence of the manifested universe?

3. Describe Krishna's instructions for the practice of meditation.

4. What does Krishna say would happen if he ever refrained from continuous work?

5. What is Arjuna's first command to Sri Krishna?

6. Krishna tells Arjuna that he declared to paths for the pure of heart at the beginning of time. What are these paths?

7. Who does Arjuna see lined up to fight? What is his reaction?

8. How does Krishna say ignorance is destroyed?

9. What are some of the reasons Krishna says people worship him?

10. What is the first thing Sri Krishna says to Arjuna?

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