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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is referred to as the god of air, rain, and ocean in Nala?
(a) Vayu.
(b) Vasu.
(c) Varuna.
(d) Vamana.

3. Who tells Savitri that she should not marry the man she desires because he can see the future?
(a) Kannagi.
(b) Narada.
(c) Yama.
(d) Pushkara.

4. What bad omen did Kovalan fail to see in front of him at the marketplace in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) A snake with two heads.
(b) A fish with no tail.
(c) A humped bull.
(d) A three armed monkey.

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

6. Where does Rama strike a deadly blow in Ravana?
(a) His neck.
(b) His head.
(c) His heart.
(d) His stomach.

7. Rama is the incarnation of what god in Valmiki?
(a) Devi.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Brahma.

8. To what two sons of Rama's does Valmiki pass along the Ramayana?
(a) Nimish and Timirbaran.
(b) Kusa and Lava.
(c) Thenappan and Firdaus.
(d) Wajidali and Pavanaj.

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

10. In what kingdom is Nala befriended by the king?
(a) Tripura.
(b) Rituparna.
(c) Punjab.
(d) Kerala.

11. In what seacoast town does The Mispaired Anklet begin?
(a) Patiala.
(b) Korba.
(c) Siliguri.
(d) Puhar.

12. What does Nala save a serpent from in Nala?
(a) A large bird.
(b) Lightning.
(c) A falling tree.
(d) A fire.

13. Who is left with nothing but his loincloth in the ending of Nala?
(a) Valmiki.
(b) Pushkara.
(c) Narada.
(d) Satyavan.

14. Which of Rama's brothers does Viswamitra invite to accompany him to help protect sacrifices that are being meddled with by demons?
(a) Nibodh.
(b) Lakshmana.
(c) Loknath.
(d) Narada.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is referred to as the god of fire in Nala?

3. The name Shakuntala means "one who was brought up in the forest by" what creature?

4. Ravana is first known by what name?

5. 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?

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