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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Manmata is the god of ______________.
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Fear.
(c) Luck.
(d) Love.
2. The woman in the woods refuses to help the king unless he does what in Lavana?
(a) Answers a question.
(b) Shares a secret with her.
(c) Gives her money.
(d) Marries her.
3. What word means buffalo in Sanskrit?
(a) Sudarzana.
(b) Mahisha.
(c) Sunayana.
(d) Maruka.
4. The storyteller in Devi concludes by saying that whoever recites this prayer of thanksgiving on _________ will find protection from evil.
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.
5. Mahisha intends to make the goddess Devi __________.
(a) A slave.
(b) An advisor.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His queen.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the anti-gods known as in Yayati?
2. Who rules the country in Sikhi-Dhvaja's absence?
3. Manmata asks Brahma if he may test his strength by sending out his __________.
4. Whom does Brahma offer to Manmata for marriage?
5. How long does Chedi go to sit in seclusion and meditation before emerging to battle the sage in Viswamitra?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the struggle between the gods and demons described in the beginning of Yayati?
2. What is the third test which Chudala places on her husband? What comes of it?
3. Who does Sikhi-Dhvaia's father arrange for him to marry? What is their marriage like?
4. What does Mahisha grow up to be like, in Devi? Why does Indra stand against him?
5. What conversation does Iswara have with Vasishta in Viswamitra?
6. What does Mahisha do upon hearing a challenge through the woods in Devi?
7. Who does Brahma create in the beginning of Manmata? Why?
8. What obstacles face Kacha once he becomes Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?
9. How is Devi created? What is her appearance like?
10. What does King Chedi come upon in the beginning of Viswamitra?
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