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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 in ancient India was a practice of choosing a life partner from among a list of suitors, by a girl of marriageable age?
(a) Saadhvasaadhu
(b) Apadravya.
(c) Asaadhu.
(d) Swayamvara.

2. Which of Rama's brothers does Viswamitra invite to accompany him to help protect sacrifices that are being meddled with by demons?
(a) Lakshmana.
(b) Narada.
(c) Nibodh.
(d) Loknath.

3. Ravana is first known by what name?
(a) Dasagreeva.
(b) Shiva.
(c) Kubera.
(d) Mandodari.

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

5. Who visits Valmiki and tells him the prophecy of a great man, born into the race of Ikshvahus?
(a) Lava.
(b) Lakshmana.
(c) Viswamitra.
(d) Narada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many heads did Ravana have at birth?

3. Who is referred to as the god of fire in Nala?

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

5. To what town do Kovalan and his wife move once he has lost everything?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Savitri's father with when she announces who she chooses for a husband? What is his reply?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Ravana die?

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

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