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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 kind of renunciation is sannyasa?
(a) Surrendering attachment to the fruits of action.
(b) Refraining from meat.
(c) Refraining from sex.
(d) Refraining from selfish acts.

2. What does Arjuna say he sees within Krishna's body?
(a) Silver organs.
(b) Golden organs.
(c) A vast sea of nothingness.
(d) All the gods and every living creature.

3. What is the quality of the path to the Unrevealed according to Krishna?
(a) Wide and easy.
(b) Impossible to miss.
(c) Hazardous and slow.
(d) Full of unbearable suffering.

4. What does Krishna urge Arjuna to act in accordance with?
(a) A wise teacher.
(b) His own desires.
(c) The scriptures.
(d) The desires of his wife.

5. What does Arjuna say he believes everything Krishna has said thus far to be?
(a) Very confusing.
(b) Divine Truth.
(c) Mostly true.
(d) Utterly false.

Short Answer Questions

1. Krishna says some people have divine tendencies. What does he say others have?

2. What does Arjuna say is Krishna's body?

3. Why do neither gods nor sages know Krishna's origins?

4. What do those whose faith is rajastic worship?

5. What does Krishna say brings immediate peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to souls who die in each of these states?

2. What does Krishna explain to Arjuna in this chapter?

3. What kind of food do those ruled by each of the gunas eat?

4. What does Sanjaya say that Krishna showed Arjuna?

5. With what kind of person is Krishna in love?

6. What is the difference between the two kinds of renunciation?

7. What exists without Krishna?

8. Describe the three gunas.

9. How does Arjuna begin this chapter?

10. What does Krishna tell Arjuna about the path to the Unrevealed?

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