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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. Chudala, disguised as a young male aspic, tells Sikhi-Dhvaja that he struggles because he has no ___________.
(a) Goals.
(b) Pride.
(c) Passion.
(d) Guru.

2. What is the name of the young male aspic Chudala disguises herself as to appear to her husband?
(a) Chudala.
(b) Kacha.
(c) Lavana.
(d) Kumbha.

3. How many sons is the king borne by his wife in the magical land in Lavana?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. Chudala, disguised as a young male aspic, tells Sikhi-Dhvaja that renouncing one's external possessions is not enough. He must also cultivate a detachment that will render him unaffected by __________.
(a) Love and fear.
(b) Sensual pleasures.
(c) Love and hatred.
(d) Good and evil, pain, pleasure, loss, and gain.

5. Mahisha intends to make the goddess Devi __________.
(a) A slave.
(b) His mistress.
(c) An advisor.
(d) His queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men accompany the king when he meets a sage in Viswamitra?

2. At the end of Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja and Chudala return to their kingdom to rule in peace and happiness for how many years?

3. What weapon of Vasishta's repels all attacks in Viswamitra?

4. What does the goddess Devi ride upon?

5. In Viswamitra, Sabala does not want to leave her sage and asks that she be allowed to create men to ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes King Lavana to leave his home with his family in Lavana? How does he return?

2. What conversation does Iswara have with Vasishta in Viswamitra?

3. What does Mahisha do upon hearing a challenge through the woods in Devi?

4. How is Devi created? What is her appearance like?

5. What is the third test which Chudala places on her husband? What comes of it?

6. How does Yayati encounter Deyayani in the story Yayati?

7. What is King Chedi's response to his dinner invitation in the beginning of Viswamitra? How is it explained?

8. How does Chudala test her husband's ability to make no distinction between yielding and resisting?

9. Who does Brahma create in the beginning of Manmata? Why?

10. How is the struggle between the gods and demons described in the beginning of Yayati?

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