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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. Where should those who aspire to the state of yoga seek the Self?
(a) In a barren desert.
(b) On a high mountain.
(c) In a deep forest.
(d) In inner solitude.

2. According to Krishna, what binds a person to continual rebirth?
(a) Worship of false gods.
(b) Love.
(c) Attachment to the fruits of one's actions.
(d) Enmity.

3. Who may be regarded as Krishna's very Self?
(a) The wise.
(b) The foolish.
(c) The virtuous.
(d) The weak.

4. According to Krishna where does reality lie?
(a) In the temporal.
(b) In scripture.
(c) In human trials and tribulations.
(d) In the eternal.

5. Krishna says that even if Arjuna were the most sinful of sinners he could cross beyond all sin. How?
(a) Krishna says Arjuna could cross beyond all sin with spiritual wisdom.
(b) Krishna says Arjuna could cross beyond all sin by sharing Krishna's wisdom with another.
(c) Krishna says if Arjuna sells all of his possession he could cross beyond all sin.
(d) Krishna says Arjuna could go live alone in the mountains and be forgiven because of his sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Krishna, what fulfills all human desire?

2. What happens to the one who knows Krishna as his own divine Self?

3. Where does the supreme Reality stand revealed according to Krishna?

4. What do truly great souls seek?

5. What is the dwelling place of those who have destroyed their family dharma?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Krishna say ignorance is destroyed?

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

3. What does Krishna say is the difference between those whose desires are fragmented and those whose consciousness is unified?

4. Of those who seek the spiritual life, who are the most blessed according to Krishna?

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

6. What are Krishna's instructions to those who aspire to a state of yoga?

7. What does Krishna say about those who abstain from action to enjoy sensual pleasures?

8. What are some of the things Krishna says to describe his nature as the Lord?

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

10. What does Krishna tell Arjuna concerning the performance of selfless action versus the renunciation of action?

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