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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Garuda bring back from heaven to ransom his mother?
(a) Ambrosia
(b) Amrita
(c) Nectar
(d) Mead

2. What is Rama’s response when Bharata asks him to return and be king?
(a) He says that he is not Rama
(b) He refuses
(c) He asks Bharata to fulfill the exile himself
(d) He agrees to return

3. Which demon’s head is hit so hard that it is driven down into his belly?
(a) Khumbakarna
(b) Ravana
(c) Thunder-tooth
(d) Lightning-tongue

4. After the rains, who are Rama and Lakshmana waiting for to resume their search for Sita?
(a) Hanuman
(b) Sugriva
(c) Angada
(d) Jambava

5. What does the poet say is the hardest thing of all to do?
(a) Forgive a god
(b) Deserve rewards from a god
(c) Become a god
(d) Make contacts with a god

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose name does Maricha appeal to Ravana, to leave Sita alone?

2. Why can’t Ravana force Sita?

3. What age of the world are Viswamitra and Dasaratha living in?

4. What does Maricha say forest hermits have been doing, in hopes of Ravana’s death?

5. Who wins the drinking contest Lakshmana enters into?

(see the answer key)

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