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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The goddess Devi sends word that she wants Mahisha to either come and face her, or return where?

2. What ruler of the gods does Mahisha taunt endlessly in Devi?

3. What form does Mahisha take to meet the goddess Devi?

4. Whom does Brahma offer to Manmata for marriage?

5. ___________ fills the tree in which Lavana lands.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Brahma offer in marriage to Manmata? Where does he send them afterward?

2. What does Mahisha do upon hearing a challenge through the woods in Devi?

3. Who does Brahma create in the beginning of Manmata? Why?

4. How does the story Devi conclude? Who kills Mahisha?

5. What is the objective of Mahishasura, according to the storyteller in the beginning of Devi?

6. What causes King Lavana to leave his home with his family in Lavana? How does he return?

7. What happens when Kacha decides to return to the god-world in Yayati?

8. What obstacles face Kacha once he becomes Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?

9. Describe Sikhi-Dhvaia in the beginning of Chudala. How old is he?

10. What moral lesson does King Lavana learn from his encounter with a magician?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Valmiki and Rama. What is the definition of the Adi Kavi, and how did Valmiki earn this title?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the obstacles that Kacha faces upon arriving as Sukracharya's pupil. Does he succumb to these temptations?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the characters Sukracharya, Kacha and Vrishaparva and the Sanjivini mantra. Who is Kacha's father and why is he chosen to be sent to Sukracharya?

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