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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 kind of food do tamasic people prefer?

2. What arises in the body?

3. What is the quality of the path to the Unrevealed according to Krishna?

4. For what does Arjuna apologize?

5. To whom does Krishna give spiritual wisdom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exists without Krishna?

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

3. Why does Arjuna apologize to Krishna?

4. What are some of the most glorious of Krishna's divine powers?

5. What is the relationship between Purusha and prakriti?

6. What does Krishna say are the two orders of being in the world? Is there anything beyond?

7. What does Sanjaya say that Krishna showed Arjuna?

8. Who does Krishna say are the most established in yoga?

9. What are Krishna's instructions for Arjuna if he finds he cannot still his mind?

10. What are some of the qualities found in living creatures who have their source in Krishna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toward the end of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna shifts his attention to those souls with "demonic tendencies."

1) Describe the attitudes of souls of this nature. How are they different from the attitudes Krishna has previously promoted?

2) Discuss what Krishna teaches concerning the destiny of souls of demonic nature.

3) What are the "three gates" to self-destruction? How may these be avoided?

Use specific examples for all the above.

Essay Topic 2

What is Krishna's attitude concerning meditation? Discuss this attitude and outline Krishna's directions for meditation in detail citing specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Seeing Arjuna's despair prior to battle, Sri Krishna rebukes him saying such weakness in a time of crisis is unworthy of him. Krishna urges Arjuna to rise up with a brave heart and destroy the enemy.

Describe Arjuna's response in detail. What is the logic of Arjuna's argument? Upon what sources does Arjuna rely to support this argument? To what conclusion does the argument lead? Discuss while citing specific examples.

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