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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 grow on the limbs of the ashvattha tree as buds?
2. What does Krishna say is the source from which all creatures evolve?
3. What is the destiny of those who are selfish and malicious?
4. What does Krishna say the body is called?
5. What does Sanjaya say would resemble Krishna's revealed splendor?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do those ruled by each of the gunas worship?
2. What instructions does Krishna give Arjuna at the beginning of this chapter?
3. What are the limits to Krishna's divine power?
4. What are Krishna's instructions for Arjuna if he finds he cannot still his mind?
5. Why does Arjuna apologize to Krishna?
6. What kind of knowledge belongs to each of the gunas?
7. How does Arjuna begin this chapter?
8. What does Krishna explain to Arjuna in this chapter?
9. What kind of food do those ruled by each of the gunas eat?
10. Describe those with demonic tendencies.
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
Upon hearing the reason for Arjuna's despair, Krishna tells him he sees the prince's sincerity, but his sorrow is without cause. Arjuna fears to kill his kin, but Krishna says the wise grieve for neither the living nor the dead because they see that what is impermanent has no reality.
What does Krishna mean by this? Where does reality lie? How does Krishna endeavor to expand Arjuna's perspective? What kind of salvation is Krishna offering? Discuss citing specific examples.
Essay Topic 3
Krishna says that "the wise see that there is action in the midst of inaction and inaction in the midst of action." What is the meaning of this cryptic statement? Discuss its significance in the Bhagavad Gita citing specific examples.
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