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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. What does Lavana find himself alone with, which he cannot chase or tame in Lavana?
(a) A gray horse.
(b) A black dog.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A black horse.

2. In Chudala, what beautiful woman appears and asks Sikhi-Dhvaja to take her as his wife?
(a) Markandeya.
(b) Mandanika.
(c) Meenush.
(d) Mahavidya.

3. The storyteller in Devi concludes by saying that whoever recites this prayer of thanksgiving on _________ will find protection from evil.
(a) Thursday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

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

5. In Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja is a young prince who is interested in nothing but ______________.
(a) Games and militia.
(b) Women and games.
(c) Money and women.
(d) Games and women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many arms does the goddess Devi have?

2. Chudala, disguised as a young male aspic, tells Sikhi-Dhvaja that he struggles because he has no ___________.

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. What demon asks the creator that he may continue to live unless a woman appears who is capable of killing him in a fight in Devi?

5. What ancient kingdom does Lavana rule?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Chudala do in order to find her happiness? What does Sikhi-Dhvaia note about her change?

4. What obstacles face Kacha once he becomes Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?

5. What happens to Manmata's arrows when he shoots them in the beginning of Manmata?

6. Describe Sikhi-Dhvaia in the beginning of Chudala. How old is he?

7. How does the story Devi conclude? Who kills Mahisha?

8. What is the objective of Mahishasura, according to the storyteller in the beginning of Devi?

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

10. How does Sabala feel about leaving Vasishta in Viswamitra? What does she do?

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