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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. According to Krishna, what is beheld by only a few?

2. What do truly great souls seek?

3. When does Krishna say judgment is clouded?

4. What is adhibhuta?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Krishna say determines the destination of the dying.

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

3. What does Krishna tell Arjuna about work?

4. How does Krishna say ignorance is destroyed?

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

6. When does Krishna say a spiritual aspirant ascends to a unitive state?

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

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

9. What happens when dharma declines according to Krishna?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In chapter twelve, Krishna describes at length the one with whom he is in love. What are the characteristics of this "one?" How do the characteristics of this one fit into Krishna's previous teachings? Discuss citing specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

Krishna speaks to Arjuna at length about dying and one's conduct at the time of death. How does one's conduct at the time of death influence the destiny of one's soul? How does Krishna say Arjuna's soul may be united with him when Arjuna dies, and what are Krishna's instructions for this? Use 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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