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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. According to Krishna, what happens to those who perform all their actions in the spirit of service?
(a) Their children are happy.
(b) They are to be considered fools.
(c) They are born into a lower caste.
(d) Their karma is dissolved.

2. Where do the birth and dissolution of the cosmos take place according to Krishna?
(a) In the center of the galaxy.
(b) In Krishna.
(c) Far, far away from Earth.
(d) In the center of the human heart.

3. Where do those who worship the gods go according to Krishna?
(a) To hell.
(b) To heaven.
(c) To the Gods.
(d) To rebirth.

4. Why is Arjuna overcome by sorrow?
(a) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his kinsmen in opposition to one another.
(b) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his father dying.
(c) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his mother dying.
(d) Arjuna is overcome by sorrow at the sight of his brother dying.

5. What two paths did Krishna at the beginning of time for the pure of heart?
(a) The path of sages and the path of kings.
(b) The straight path and the narrow path.
(c) The wide path and the smooth path.
(d) The contemplative path of spiritual wisdom and the active path of selfless service.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do all creatures find their existence?

2. What does Krishna say is the fate of those who have no faith in the supreme law of life?

3. How does Krishna say the wise master their senses?

4. How many people does Krishna say will seek perfection?

5. How does Arjuna respond to Sri Krishna's advice from the previous chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Krishna say truly great souls seek? How?

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

4. What does Krishna say about those who follow the path of service?

5. What does Krishna say that the wise see about action?

6. What does Krishna say about competing with another's dharma?

7. What specific instructions does Krishna give for dying?

8. What are the eight divisions of Krishna's prakriti?

9. What is Krishna's response to Arjuna's complaint that the mind is restless and difficult to control?

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

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