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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. Manmata is the god of ______________.
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Luck.
(d) Loyalty.

2. Mahisha intends to make the goddess Devi __________.
(a) A slave.
(b) An advisor.
(c) His queen.
(d) His mistress.

3. What word means buffalo in Sanskrit?
(a) Mahisha.
(b) Sudarzana.
(c) Sunayana.
(d) Maruka.

4. What ancient kingdom does Lavana rule?
(a) Madhya Pradesh.
(b) Uttar Pradesh.
(c) Uttar Pandava.
(d) Uttar Punjab.

5. What great sage is master of the Sanjivini mantra in Yayati?
(a) Brihaspati.
(b) Devayani.
(c) Sukracharya.
(d) Kacha.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja claims that man's greatest guru is what?

2. Lavana insists that ____________ leave to go make their own way.

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

4. What does the goddess Devi wear?

5. What word refers to pleasure and enjoyment in Sanskrit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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