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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word refers to pleasure and enjoyment in Sanskrit?
(a) Kuzala.
(b) Naama.
(c) Bhoga.
(d) Krodha.
2. Who rules the country in Sikhi-Dhvaja's absence?
(a) Chudala.
(b) Lavana.
(c) Sikhi-Dhvaja
(d) Kumbha.
3. What does Lavana find himself alone with, which he cannot chase or tame in Lavana?
(a) A black horse.
(b) A black dog.
(c) A gray horse.
(d) A wolf.
4. The Sanjivini mantra is an incantation that can _____________.
(a) Ensure bountiful crops.
(b) Make it rain.
(c) Heal the sick.
(d) Bring the dead back to life.
5. Whose ambition it is to enter heaven in his earthly form in Viswamitra?
(a) Chedi.
(b) Lavana.
(c) Indra.
(d) Trisanku.
6. Manmata is the god of ______________.
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Luck.
(c) Fear.
(d) Love.
7. What is the woman in the woods carrying to her father in Lavana?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Wisdom.
8. Who is the presiding god of wisdom and acumen in Yayati?
(a) Devayani.
(b) Brihaspati.
(c) Sukracharya.
(d) Kacha.
9. Whom do the gods decide to sent into the realm of the demon king Vrishaparva, to study as Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?
(a) Brihaspati.
(b) Kacha.
(c) Devayani.
(d) Sukracharya.
10. Manmata asks Brahma if he may test his strength by sending out his __________.
(a) Sword.
(b) Arrows.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Knife.
11. Kumbha claims that the curse put on him makes him turn into ___________ every night.
(a) A bat.
(b) A snake.
(c) A woman.
(d) A wolf.
12. What female does Brahma create to enrich the universe in Manmata?
(a) Devi.
(b) Sabala.
(c) Sandhya.
(d) Devayani.
13. Who appears to Sikhi-Dhvaia and tells him that since he has achieved such spiritual enlightenment, there is no reason why he should not join in his world of unending pleasure and delight?
(a) Ushas.
(b) Indilayappan.
(c) Ugratara.
(d) Indra.
14. 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) Andhaka.
(b) Kali.
(c) Mahishasura.
(d) Pishacha.
15. What word refers to anger in Sanskrit?
(a) Kukkura.
(b) Kuryaat.
(c) Karaalin.
(d) Krodha.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lavana insists that ____________ leave to go make their own way.
2. In Viswamitra, the mightiest of the kingly race is a king named __________.
3. Who do the asuras cut into bits and feed to wolves and dogs in Yayati?
4. Who is Sukracharya's daughter in Yayati?
5. What is the Storyteller also known as?
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