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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Four; Nala, Savitri, The Mispaired Anklet, Shakuntala.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What step-brother of Ravana's is a man of great respectability because of his tapas?
(a) Nandi.
(b) Soorpanakha.
(c) Dasagreeva.
(d) Kubera.

3. Who rises into the sky and breaks the tower of Ravana's palace?
(a) Vivasvat.
(b) Vithoba.
(c) Vali.
(d) Veerabhadra.

4. What Sanskrit word refers to a "seer" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness?
(a) Aagatavaan.
(b) Rishi.
(c) Ekaakii.
(d) Etaavaan.

5. What word means buffalo in Sanskrit?
(a) Sunayana.
(b) Sudarzana.
(c) Mahisha.
(d) Maruka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in ancient India was a practice of choosing a life partner from among a list of suitors, by a girl of marriageable age?

2. What weapon does Ravana give his son with which to attack a giant monkey?

3. Nala is the ruler of what kingdom?

4. Which of Rama's emissaries is the son of the god of wind and endowed with extreme strength in Ravana?

5. Vasishta explains to the king that his strength comes from where in Viswamitra?

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