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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 is Angada's father in Ravana?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Vali.
(c) Vibhishana.
(d) Vishwakarma.

2. Who gave Ravana his name?
(a) Vishnu.
(b) Shiva.
(c) Surya.
(d) Bhadra.

3. What scholar, after completing his studies, is returning home when he is confronted by a robber in Valmiki?
(a) Shambhu.
(b) Shubhang.
(c) Saatvik.
(d) Sankha.

4. What was Kovalan's name in his previous life in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) Bahubali.
(b) Bharata.
(c) Balaram.
(d) Bishanpal.

5. What does Brahma grant to Ravana for his penance?
(a) Infinite knowledge.
(b) Three wishes.
(c) Indestructibilty.
(d) Great wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nala save a serpent from in Nala?

2. What in ancient India was a practice of choosing a life partner from among a list of suitors, by a girl of marriageable age?

3. Who had Ravana attacked and tormented during one of his excursions and later gave Ravana his third curse?

4. Who orders Madhavi destroyed by fire in The Mispaired Anklet?

5. Who is the mother of the five Pandava brothers in Draupadi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Asvapati praying in the beginning of Savitri? To whom does he pray?

2. What is Sita's reaction to Ravana once she has been kidnapped?

3. What does Vibhishana suggest Ravana do rather than fight?

4. Who arrives to save Sita in Ravana? What does he do to free her?

5. Describe King Nala. Who visits him in the beginning of the story Nala?

6. Why does Ravana attack his brother? What does he steal from him?

7. Where does King Nala find himself after Damayanti's Swayamwara is announced?

8. What gods assist Nala's brother in tricking Nala? How and why?

9. Who does Damayanti encounter in Chedi? What does she do at that point?

10. Who named Ravana? Describe his family.

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