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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 Shakuntala's mother?
(a) Muthunagai.
(b) Miraya.
(c) Menaka.
(d) Madhura.

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

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

4. Who tells Savitri that she should not marry the man she desires because he can see the future?
(a) Yama.
(b) Pushkara.
(c) Kannagi.
(d) Narada.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ravana is first known by what name?

3. Who is Nala's brother that challenges Nala to a game of dice?

4. What mountain gets in Ravana's way when riding home after vanquishing his brother's lands?

5. Where does Rama strike a deadly blow in Ravana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who named Ravana? Describe his family.

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

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

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

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

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

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