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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three; Ravana, Valmiki, Draupadi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assistant of Shiva's, who is deformed and dwarfish, orders Ravana to cease and desist from moving the mountain?
(a) Nandi.
(b) Nirrith.
(c) Nookambika.
(d) Narada.

2. In the story Devi, Mahisha claims that no woman has weapons other than ______________.
(a) Her brain and her hands.
(b) Her eyes and her curves.
(c) Her eyes and her brain.
(d) Her curves and her eyes.

3. What form does Mahisha take to meet the goddess Devi?
(a) Snake.
(b) Demon.
(c) God.
(d) Human.

4. What demon asks the creator that he may continue to live unless a woman appears who is capable of killing him in a fight in Devi?
(a) Pishacha.
(b) Andhaka.
(c) Mahishasura.
(d) Kali.

5. Valmiki composed how many stanzas of the Ramayana?
(a) 48,000.
(b) 24,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 36,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What deity is referred to as the creator god in the stories?

2. Who is the mother of the five Pandava brothers in Draupadi?

3. What does Lavana find himself alone with, which he cannot chase or tame in Lavana?

4. What god is referred to as the destroyer in Devi?

5. Mahisha intends to make the goddess Devi __________.

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