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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. 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) Sensual pleasures.
(b) Love and hatred.
(c) Love and fear.
(d) Good and evil, pain, pleasure, loss, and gain.

2. Where does Sikhi-Dhvaja go to meditate in Chudala?
(a) The forest.
(b) The mountaintop.
(c) The riverside.
(d) The desert.

3. What does the serpent's venom do to Nala?
(a) Makes him bleed.
(b) Makes him hallucinate.
(c) Kills him.
(d) Changes his appearance.

4. What in Sanskrit refers to the foremost poet or fountainhead of poetry?
(a) Chidira Locaka.
(b) Locaka Adi.
(c) Kavi Chidira.
(d) Adi Kavi.

5. What was Kovalan's name in his previous life in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) Bharata.
(b) Bahubali.
(c) Bishanpal.
(d) Balaram.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rules the country in Sikhi-Dhvaja's absence?

2. What happens to Kovalan after the goldsmith reports him for theft in The Mispaired Anklet?

3. How old is Sikhi-Dhvaja when he goes out to conquer lands in the name of his father in Chudala?

4. Who gave Ravana his name?

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

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