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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maricha help Ravana abduct Sita?
(a) He fights Rama and Lakshmana
(b) He distracts Rama and Lakshmana
(c) He casts a spell on Rama and Lakshmana
(d) He creates a thick fog for Ravana

2. What reason does Sumantra give Dasaratha for his opinion?
(a) Rama still says foolish things
(b) Rama has not held office before
(c) He wants to wait until Rama has been trained
(d) He can believe what Rama says

3. Why does Dasaratha believe it is fair that Rama should be sent away from him?
(a) Because Rama has important things to learn in exile
(b) Because he owed a debt to the gods of the woods
(c) Because he once killed a young man unintentionally
(d) Because he had taken too much pride in him

4. Who is Rama descended from?
(a) The ocean
(b) The earth
(c) The underworld
(d) The sun

5. In what did Valmiki see Rama’s life?
(a) A handful of water
(b) A mirror
(c) A flowing river
(d) A cup of tea

6. What do Rama and Lakshmana do for their teacher?
(a) Travel to Lanka
(b) Hunt deer
(c) Build a house
(d) Kill demons

7. What does Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?
(a) Death
(b) War with the gods
(c) Humiliation
(d) Loss of his powers

8. What is Bharata’s response when he is told that he will be king now?
(a) He is silent
(b) He is elated
(c) He is miserable
(d) He is uncertain

9. What is Sumantra’s opinion, when Dasaratha asks him for his thoughts about putting Rama on the throne?
(a) He says that Dasaratha should not step down yet
(b) He says that he afraid Rama is not ready
(c) He says that Rama will be a great king
(d) He says that succession is a very risky process

10. What age of the world are Viswamitra and Dasaratha living in?
(a) The second
(b) The fifth
(c) The first
(d) The third

11. How does Rama shake off the people who follow him?
(a) With lies
(b) With false tracks
(c) With threats
(d) With promises

12. What did Bharata see in his dream, when Dasaratha died?
(a) The sky collpased
(b) The fires of Ayodhya went out
(c) The animals were eating each other
(d) The earth swallowed Rama

13. What does Lakshmana propose to do on hearing that Rama is to be banished?
(a) Prepare Rama's things for exile
(b) Kill Kaikeyi
(c) Kill Dasaratha
(d) Find a suitable place for Rama's exile

14. What does Savari tell Rama to seek, in the midst of misfortune?
(a) Merit
(b) Escape
(c) Virtue
(d) Friendship

15. What do the queens do in Dasaratha’s name, after his funeral?
(a) Say prayers
(b) Light fires
(c) Give gifts
(d) Dedicate temples

Short Answer Questions

1. What is this age characterized by?

2. What is Ravana’s feeling about Rama’s name?

3. What does Garuda bring back from heaven to ransom his mother?

4. What does Sita wear in exile?

5. What does the poet say is the hardest thing of all to do?

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