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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?

2. According to Krishna, what do those who excel control?

3. Who attains the goal of yoga according to Krishna?

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

5. According to Krishna, what may no one gain perfection by abstaining from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sri Krishna say about Ajuna's sorrow?

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

4. What are some of the reasons Krishna says people worship him?

5. What is the first thing Sri Krishna says to Arjuna?

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

7. What does Krishna say about those who have gone beyond the dualities of life?

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

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

10. What happens when dharma declines according to Krishna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citing specific examples, answer and discuss the following:

1) What is Karma?

2) What instructions does Krishna offer for transcending karma?

3) What is the destiny of one who has transcended karma?

Essay Topic 2

Krishna tells Arjuna, "As men approach me, so I receive them. All paths lead to me." What does Krishna mean by this? How does Krishna fulfill all desires whether selfish or selfless? How does Krishna "unify one's faith?" Discuss citing specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Krishna tells Arjuna, "They live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart." This is a major recurring theme in the Gita. Explain and elaborate this statement of Krishna's using at least three of his own examples.

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