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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. 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?
(a) Indilayappan.
(b) Ushas.
(c) Indra.
(d) Ugratara.

2. Every demon, according to the storyteller, seeks what in Devi?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Souls.
(c) The innocent.
(d) Blood.

3. Who is referred to as the Ultimate God in Viswamitra?
(a) Iswara.
(b) Rishi.
(c) Sabala.
(d) Sandhya.

4. When she returns to the forest to check on her husband's progress, Chudala finds Sikhi-Dhvaja emaciated and ___________.
(a) In a trance.
(b) Scared.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Sickly.

5. Whom do the gods decide to sent into the realm of the demon king Vrishaparva, to study as Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?
(a) Brihaspati.
(b) Sukracharya.
(c) Kacha.
(d) Devayani.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sikhi-Dhvaja when he goes out to conquer lands in the name of his father in Chudala?

2. The goddess Devi sends word that she wants Mahisha to either come and face her, or return where?

3. What is the woman in the woods carrying to her father in Lavana?

4. In Viswamitra, the mightiest of the kingly race is a king named __________.

5. Who is Sukracharya's daughter in Yayati?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Kacha decides to return to the god-world in Yayati?

2. Who does Brahma offer in marriage to Manmata? Where does he send them afterward?

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

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

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

6. Discuss the themes and plots within the story Yayati. What unites the story?

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

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

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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