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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. What is Nirvana?

3. According to Krishna, what is worse than death for a man of honor?

4. What two paths did Krishna at the beginning of time for the pure of heart?

5. What does Krishna say is the only enemy of the Self?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Krishna's highest nature and how does it give every creature its existence?

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

3. Do actions cling to Krishna? Why?

4. What does Krishna say about the relationship between his unmanifested form and the existence of the manifested universe?

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

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

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

8. Who does Arjuna see lined up to fight? What is his reaction?

9. What specific instructions does Krishna give for dying?

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

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 grants Arjuna a cosmic vision of his supreme immutable nature. How does this happen? What does Arjuna see? What is the impact of the vision on Arjuna? What is the impact of the vision on the reader? Discuss citing specific examples.

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