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

2. Who lives in freedom according to Krishna?

3. What does Arjuna do at the very end of the chapter?

4. Where do devotees of Krishna come?

5. Who assembles the army of the Pandavas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Krishna say ignorance is destroyed?

6. What specific instructions does Krishna give for dying?

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

8. How does Krishna say a sinner may become holy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Krishna's teachings consistently return to several major things that bind souls to death and rebirth.

Part 1) Identify three such things and explain them clearly citing specific examples from the Gita.

Part 2) Outline in detail the means Krishna offers for transcending these, and breaking the cycle of death and rebirth.

Part 3) Attempt to unify these themes, using either your own words or Krishna's, into a single instruction for attaining what Krishna calls "the supreme goal."

Cite specific examples from the text for all of the above.

Essay Topic 3

Krishna tells Arjuna that the will is the Self's only friend as well as the Self's only enemy. What does this mean? For whom is the Self a friend? For whom is the Self an enemy? What does Krishna say an aspirant should do with respect to her will? Use specific examples from the text.

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