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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the goddess Devi wear?
(a) Green robes.
(b) Red robes.
(c) Silver rings.
(d) Gold necklaces.

2. Where does Viswamitra seek solitude, renounce all speech, and rid himself of anger?
(a) The Himalayas.
(b) The desert..
(c) The forest.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

3. In Chudala, what beautiful woman appears and asks Sikhi-Dhvaja to take her as his wife?
(a) Mahavidya.
(b) Meenush.
(c) Markandeya.
(d) Mandanika.

4. What does the goddess Devi wield in each arm?
(a) A different animal.
(b) A different religious text.
(c) A different weapon.
(d) A different fruit.

5. Every demon, according to the storyteller, seeks what in Devi?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Blood.
(c) The innocent.
(d) Souls.

6. What ruler of the gods does Mahisha taunt endlessly in Devi?
(a) Indra.
(b) Dattatreya.
(c) Vishnu.
(d) Shiva.

7. Lavana insists that ____________ leave to go make their own way.
(a) His youngest 3 sons.
(b) His youngest 2 sons.
(c) His eldest 2 sons.
(d) His eldest 3 sons.

8. In the end of Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja claims that man's greatest guru is what?
(a) His mother.
(b) His first born son.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

9. After battling Vasishta and losing, how long did Chedi go back to meditate in seclusion in Viswamitra?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 5,000 years.
(d) 1,500 years.

10. What are the anti-gods known as in Yayati?
(a) Asuras.
(b) Mahisha.
(c) Guru.
(d) Bhoga.

11. What word refers to pleasure and enjoyment in Sanskrit?
(a) Krodha.
(b) Bhoga.
(c) Naama.
(d) Kuzala.

12. With what does Devi sever Mahisha's head in Devi?
(a) A lightning bolt.
(b) A sword.
(c) A throwing star.
(d) A discus.

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

14. Vasishta explains to the king that his strength comes from where in Viswamitra?
(a) His training.
(b) His spirit.
(c) His food.
(d) Inside himself.

15. What sage invites the king and his men to come in and dine with him in Viswamitra?
(a) Vasishta.
(b) Sabala.
(c) Chedi.
(d) Iswara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the presiding god of wisdom and acumen in Yayati?

2. How many men accompany the king when he meets a sage in Viswamitra?

3. What half-human, half-cow does Vasishta reveal in Viswamitra?

4. Whom do the gods decide to sent into the realm of the demon king Vrishaparva, to study as Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?

5. 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 __________.

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