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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 adhiyajna?
(a) The eternal Brahman.
(b) The supreme sacrifice.
(c) Krishna's daughter.
(d) The perishable body.

2. How many people does Krishna say will seek perfection?
(a) One person in many hundreds.
(b) One person in many thousands.
(c) Many millions.
(d) One person in many millions.

3. Who does Krishna say is the father, mother and grandfather of the universe?
(a) Krishna says that he is.
(b) Krishna says Vishnu is.
(c) Krishna says Sanjaya is.
(d) Krishna says Dhritarashtra is.

4. Where do Dhritarashtra's family and the Pandavas gather to fight?
(a) The field of dharma.
(b) The field of Rohan.
(c) The field of dreams.
(d) The great mountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assembles the army of the Pandavas?

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

3. How does Krishna urge Arjuna to reshape himself?

4. On what should one sit while meditating?

5. What does Krishna say is his action?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Krishna say ignorance is destroyed?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Krishna say Arjuna may pass from death to immortality?

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

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

9. What are some of the metaphors Krishna gives for his nature in this chapter?

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

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