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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Five; Harischandra, Sibi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sons is the king borne by his wife in the magical land in Lavana?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. Manmata is the god of ______________.
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Luck.
(d) Loyalty.

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

4. Chandramati asks if she may be cremated with her son once she is dead and is told she must do what first?
(a) Pay a tax.
(b) Purchase an urn.
(c) Provide firewood.
(d) Pray.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ fills the tree in which Lavana lands.

2. After battling Vasishta and losing, how long did Chedi go back to meditate in seclusion in Viswamitra?

3. In his Sankha's first incarnation in the story Valmiki, the thief is a scholarly man who falls in love with what kind of person?

4. The storyteller in Devi concludes by saying that whoever recites this prayer of thanksgiving on _________ will find protection from evil.

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

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