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

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

3. What are the anti-gods known as in Yayati?
(a) Guru.
(b) Bhoga.
(c) Asuras.
(d) Mahisha.

4. When the king awakens in Lavana, how long has he been asleep?
(a) 1 or 2 minutes.
(b) 1 or 2 weeks.
(c) 1 or 2 hours.
(d) 1 or 2 days.

5. In the end of Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja claims that man's greatest guru is what?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His first born son.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sukracharya's daughter in Yayati?

2. What half-human, half-cow does Vasishta reveal in Viswamitra?

3. What is the name of the young male aspic Chudala disguises herself as to appear to her husband?

4. Chudala, disguised as a young male aspic, tells Sikhi-Dhvaja that renouncing one's external possessions is not enough. He must also cultivate a detachment that will render him unaffected by __________.

5. Who is referred to as the Ultimate God in Viswamitra?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is King Chedi's response to his dinner invitation in the beginning of Viswamitra? How is it explained?

3. What conversation does Iswara have with Vasishta in Viswamitra?

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

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

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

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

8. Who does Sikhi-Dhvaia's father arrange for him to marry? What is their marriage like?

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

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

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