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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 word refers to pleasure and enjoyment in Sanskrit?
(a) Krodha.
(b) Naama.
(c) Kuzala.
(d) Bhoga.
2. In Viswamitra, the mightiest of the kingly race is a king named __________.
(a) Brahma.
(b) Chedi.
(c) Vishnu.
(d) Vasishta.
3. Chudala, disguised as a young male aspic, tells Sikhi-Dhvaja that he struggles because he has no ___________.
(a) Pride.
(b) Goals.
(c) Passion.
(d) Guru.
4. What beautiful young princess does Sikhi-Dhvaja's father arrange for him to marry?
(a) Chamunda.
(b) Chandra.
(c) Chudala.
(d) Chinnamasta.
5. At the end of Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja and Chudala return to their kingdom to rule in peace and happiness for how many years?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 35.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.
Short Answer Questions
1. What ancient kingdom does Lavana rule?
2. How many arms does the goddess Devi have?
3. In the end of Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja claims that man's greatest guru is what?
4. ___________ fills the tree in which Lavana lands.
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the third test which Chudala places on her husband? What comes of it?
2. What conversation does Iswara have with Vasishta in Viswamitra?
3. What does Mahisha grow up to be like, in Devi? Why does Indra stand against him?
4. Who does Brahma create in the beginning of Manmata? Why?
5. How does the story Devi conclude? Who kills Mahisha?
6. Who does Brahma offer in marriage to Manmata? Where does he send them afterward?
7. How does Sabala feel about leaving Vasishta in Viswamitra? What does she do?
8. How does Yayati encounter Deyayani in the story Yayati?
9. What moral lesson does King Lavana learn from his encounter with a magician?
10. Discuss the themes and plots within the story Yayati. What unites the story?
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