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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 is Nirvana?
(a) An illusion.
(b) A lonely place where one is punished for sin.
(c) The state of abiding peace and joy in God.
(d) A painful state where one is purged of sin.

2. What is the only creature that is not subject to rebirth according to Krishna?
(a) The woman.
(b) The human being.
(c) The creature which is united with Krishna.
(d) The cow.

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

4. According to Krishna, the standards that outstanding persons create will be followed by whom?
(a) The whole world.
(b) Unexceptional persons.
(c) Other outstanding persons.
(d) Pious men and women.

5. What does Krishna say the syllable Om represents?
(a) Arjuna.
(b) The changeless Brahman.
(c) Krishna.
(d) The power of forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Arjuna, what happens when a family declines?

2. How does Krishna say the true Self may be realized?

3. According to Krishna where does reality lie?

4. Where do Dhritarashtra's family and the Pandavas gather to fight?

5. What are those who have achieved perfect renunciation free from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Krishna say about the duality of attraction and aversion?

4. When does Krishna say a spiritual aspirant ascends to a unitive state?

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

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

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

8. What does Krishna say determines the destination of the dying.

9. Do actions cling to Krishna? Why?

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

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