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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 assistant of Shiva's, who is deformed and dwarfish, orders Ravana to cease and desist from moving the mountain?
(a) Nirrith.
(b) Nandi.
(c) Nookambika.
(d) Narada.

2. Where does Rama strike a deadly blow in Ravana?
(a) His neck.
(b) His heart.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His head.

3. Asvapati is the ruler of what kingdom in the story Savitri?
(a) Mudra.
(b) Maharashtra.
(c) Odisha.
(d) Bihar.

4. 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?
(a) Another man.
(b) A goddess.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A prostitute.

5. Who is Nala's brother that challenges Nala to a game of dice?
(a) Pushkara.
(b) Prachur.
(c) Paranjay.
(d) Padmaj.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what goddess does Asvapati pray for a child?

2. Who is Rama's wife in Ravana?

3. What happens to Kovalan after the goldsmith reports him for theft in The Mispaired Anklet?

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

5. Who advises Ravana to undo the thing that is causing all the strife and give Rama's wife back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ravana and his brothers do when they come out from seclusion?

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

3. What causes the downfall of Kovalan in The Mispaired Anklet?

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

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

6. What moral lesson is relayed in the story of Draupadi?

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

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

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

10. What does Ravana hear of Rama throughout the city? What is his impression?

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