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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Viswamitra, the mightiest of the kingly race is a king named __________.
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Chedi.
(c) Vasishta.
(d) Brahma.

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

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

4. How many men accompany the king when he meets a sage in Viswamitra?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100.

5. What female does Brahma create to enrich the universe in Manmata?
(a) Devayani.
(b) Sandhya.
(c) Sabala.
(d) Devi.

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

7. 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) Mahishasura.
(b) Andhaka.
(c) Pishacha.
(d) Kali.

8. What half-human, half-cow does Vasishta reveal in Viswamitra?
(a) Iswara.
(b) Sabala.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Chudala.

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

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

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

12. What is the woman in the woods carrying to her father in Lavana?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Supplies.

13. What does the goddess Devi ride upon?
(a) A lion.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) An elephant.

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

15. Kumbha claims that the curse put on him makes him turn into ___________ every night.
(a) A snake.
(b) A bat.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the king awakens in Lavana, how long has he been asleep?

2. What Sanskrit word refers to a "seer" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness?

3. What beautiful young princess does Sikhi-Dhvaja's father arrange for him to marry?

4. Whose ambition it is to enter heaven in his earthly form in Viswamitra?

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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