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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kumbha claims that the curse put on him makes him turn into ___________ every night.
(a) A woman.
(b) A bat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A wolf.

2. What female does Brahma create to enrich the universe in Manmata?
(a) Devayani.
(b) Devi.
(c) Sabala.
(d) Sandhya.

3. After battling Vasishta and losing, how long did Chedi go back to meditate in seclusion in Viswamitra?
(a) 1,500 years.
(b) 5,000 years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 1,000 years.

4. What is the woman in the woods carrying to her father in Lavana?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Money.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Food.

5. With what does Devi sever Mahisha's head in Devi?
(a) A lightning bolt.
(b) A throwing star.
(c) A sword.
(d) A discus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lavana find himself alone with, which he cannot chase or tame in Lavana?

2. What are the anti-gods known as in Yayati?

3. 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?

4. Manmata asks Brahma if he may test his strength by sending out his __________.

5. Whom do the gods decide to sent into the realm of the demon king Vrishaparva, to study as Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does King Chedi come upon in the beginning of Viswamitra?

2. Who does Brahma create in the beginning of Manmata? Why?

3. How is the struggle between the gods and demons described in the beginning of Yayati?

4. How does Yayati encounter Deyayani in the story Yayati?

5. How does Chudala test her husband's ability to make no distinction between yielding and resisting?

6. What moral lesson does King Lavana learn from his encounter with a magician?

7. What is the third test which Chudala places on her husband? What comes of it?

8. What does Mahisha grow up to be like, in Devi? Why does Indra stand against him?

9. How is Devi created? What is her appearance like?

10. What causes King Lavana to leave his home with his family in Lavana? How does he return?

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