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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Kovalan have an affair with in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) Madhavi.
(b) Kunthi.
(c) Kannagi.
(d) Varuna.

2. Of what clan was the king who gave Ravana his third curse?
(a) Ikshvahu.
(b) Aditi.
(c) Ugratara.
(d) Esakki.

3. The name Shakuntala means "one who was brought up in the forest by" what creature?
(a) Birds.
(b) Fish.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Snakes.

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

5. Nala is the ruler of what kingdom?
(a) Nishadha.
(b) Karnataka.
(c) Haryana.
(d) Rajasthan.

6. Who becomes king after Nala loses at a game of dice?
(a) Pushkara.
(b) Valmiki.
(c) Satyavan.
(d) Vali.

7. Who actually stole the queen's anklet in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) Kannagi.
(b) Madhavi.
(c) Menaka.
(d) The goldsmith.

8. What step-brother of Ravana's is a man of great respectability because of his tapas?
(a) Soorpanakha.
(b) Nandi.
(c) Dasagreeva.
(d) Kubera.

9. 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?
(a) Another man.
(b) A goddess.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) An old woman.

10. What is the name of the man Savriti wants to marry in the story with her name?
(a) Sharang.
(b) Suranjan.
(c) Samarth.
(d) Satyavan.

11. Who is Angada's father in Ravana?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Vali.
(c) Vibhishana.
(d) Vishwakarma.

12. What does the name Ravana translate to in English?
(a) Peace.
(b) Scream.
(c) Trust.
(d) Friend.

13. What does Brahma grant to Ravana for his penance?
(a) Three wishes.
(b) Infinite knowledge.
(c) Great wealth.
(d) Indestructibilty.

14. Ravana is first known by what name?
(a) Dasagreeva.
(b) Shiva.
(c) Mandodari.
(d) Kubera.

15. What messenger does Nala send to a beautiful princess in Nala?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A horse.
(c) A swan.
(d) A pigeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scholar, after completing his studies, is returning home when he is confronted by a robber in Valmiki?

2. To what town do Kovalan and his wife move once he has lost everything?

3. Who visits Valmiki and tells him the prophecy of a great man, born into the race of Ikshvahus?

4. What gods work with Nala's brother to convince him to play a game of dice?

5. Savriti tells her father that she found the man she wishes to marry __________.

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