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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 had Ravana attacked and tormented during one of his excursions and later gave Ravana his third curse?
(a) King Aslesa.
(b) King Aranyaka.
(c) King Arundhati.
(d) King Ayyappan.

2. Who is Rama's wife in Ravana?
(a) Soorpanakha.
(b) Vedavati.
(c) Sita.
(d) Kunthi.

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

4. What messenger does Nala send to a beautiful princess in Nala?
(a) A horse.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A swan.

5. Who is referred to as the lord of Death in Nala?
(a) Indra.
(b) Yama.
(c) Varuna.
(d) Agni.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his Sankha's first incarnation in the story Valmiki, the thief is a scholarly man who falls in love with what kind of person?

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

3. What in Sanskrit refers to the foremost poet or fountainhead of poetry?

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

5. Ravana is first known by what name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to order Ravana to stop moving a mountain? What is his response?

2. What do the king and queen of Madurai do upon learning of the wrongs done to Kovalan in The Mispaired Anklet? What does Kannagi do?

3. Who named Ravana? Describe his family.

4. What does Savitri do when her husband's death is coming near in Savitri?

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

6. Who does Savitri discover by her husband in the forest in Savitri? What does she say to him?

7. Describe the figure of Valmiki. What great work did he compose?

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

9. What does a serpent give Nala in repayment for saving him?

10. Why do Ravana and his brothers go into seclusion? What does Ravana gain?

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