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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. The goddess Devi sends word that she wants Mahisha to either come and face her, or return where?
(a) To her mother.
(b) The netherworld.
(c) Home.
(d) The forest.

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

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

4. Chudala, disguised as a young male aspic, tells Sikhi-Dhvaja that he struggles because he has no ___________.
(a) Pride.
(b) Guru.
(c) Goals.
(d) Passion.

5. Viswamitra decides to create his own heaven and universe, and makes it upside-down so __________ will feel right-side up.
(a) Sabala.
(b) Trisanku.
(c) Sandhya.
(d) Ravana

Short Answer Questions

1. What deity is referred to as the creator god in the stories?

2. 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?

3. In Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja is a young prince who is interested in nothing but ______________.

4. The storyteller in Devi concludes by saying that whoever recites this prayer of thanksgiving on _________ will find protection from evil.

5. Who do the asuras cut into bits and feed to wolves and dogs in Yayati?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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