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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. Who is the presiding god of wisdom and acumen in Yayati?

2. What is the woman in the woods carrying to her father in Lavana?

3. What is the name of the young male aspic Chudala disguises herself as to appear to her husband?

4. Lavana insists that ____________ leave to go make their own way.

5. The Sanjivini mantra is an incantation that can _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Devi created? What is her appearance like?

2. How is the struggle between the gods and demons described in the beginning of Yayati?

3. How does Chudala test her husband's ability to make no distinction between yielding and resisting?

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

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

6. What happens to Manmata's arrows when he shoots them in the beginning of Manmata?

7. What is King Chedi's response to his dinner invitation in the beginning of Viswamitra? How is it explained?

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

9. What does Chudala do in order to find her happiness? What does Sikhi-Dhvaia note about her change?

10. Who does Sikhi-Dhvaia's father arrange for him to marry? What is their marriage like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the key plot points in Chudala, including exposition, rising action, climax, and denouement and discuss the setting and themes in the story. How is transformation illustrated as a theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life of the author, R. K. Narayan, his culture and literary career, and the influences which he drew from in adapting Gods, Demons, and Others.

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