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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) Kills him.
(b) Changes his appearance.
(c) Makes him bleed.
(d) Makes him hallucinate.

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

3. Who visits Valmiki and tells him the prophecy of a great man, born into the race of Ikshvahus?
(a) Lava.
(b) Lakshmana.
(c) Narada.
(d) Viswamitra.

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

5. Which of Rama's emissaries is the son of the god of wind and endowed with extreme strength in Ravana?
(a) Vibhishana.
(b) Kubera.
(c) Hanuman.
(d) Indrajit.

6. Nala leaves Damayanti within sight of _________.
(a) The great mountains.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Her father's kingdom.
(d) The ocean.

7. 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) A prostitute.
(b) Another man.
(c) A goddess.
(d) An old woman.

8. How many heads did Ravana have at birth?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

9. Who is Kovalan married to in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) Narada.
(b) Madhavi.
(c) Kannagi.
(d) Yama.

10. How many arms did Ravana have at birth?
(a) 16.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

11. What was Kovalan's name in his previous life in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) Balaram.
(b) Bharata.
(c) Bishanpal.
(d) Bahubali.

12. Kannagi would have redemption in how many days, according to the gods in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) 14.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

13. What beautiful young princess does a poet tell Nala about when visiting?
(a) Damayanti.
(b) Savitri.
(c) Menaka.
(d) Soorpanakha.

14. Valmiki composed how many stanzas of the Ramayana?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 48,000.
(c) 24,000.
(d) 36,000.

15. Who is Nala's brother that challenges Nala to a game of dice?
(a) Prachur.
(b) Padmaj.
(c) Paranjay.
(d) Pushkara.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what two sons of Rama's does Valmiki pass along the Ramayana?

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

3. In what seacoast town does The Mispaired Anklet begin?

4. Who is referred to as the god of air, rain, and ocean in Nala?

5. Who rises into the sky and breaks the tower of Ravana's palace?

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