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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What red-robed, red-eyed figure looming nearby with a noose in his hands does Savriti encounter in the woods?
(a) Narada.
(b) Yama.
(c) Madhavi.
(d) Kannagi.

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

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

8. Who rises into the sky and breaks the tower of Ravana's palace?
(a) Vivasvat.
(b) Vali.
(c) Veerabhadra.
(d) Vithoba.

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

10. Who is Shakuntala's mother?
(a) Miraya.
(b) Madhura.
(c) Menaka.
(d) Muthunagai.

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

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

13. To what town do Kovalan and his wife move once he has lost everything?
(a) Madurai.
(b) Bathinda.
(c) Purnia.
(d) Mirzapur.

14. Savriti tells her father that she found the man she wishes to marry __________.
(a) In the mountains.
(b) By the sea.
(c) The market.
(d) In a hermitage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nala's brother that challenges Nala to a game of dice?

2. Who actually stole the queen's anklet in The Mispaired Anklet?

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. Who is Rama's wife in Ravana?

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