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

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

3. Rama is the incarnation of what god in Valmiki?
(a) Brahma.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Devi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is left with nothing but his loincloth in the ending of Nala?

2. How many heads did Ravana have at birth?

3. What does the name Ravana translate to in English?

4. How many arms did Ravana have at birth?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ravana die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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