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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. Mahisha intends to make the goddess Devi __________.

2. Every demon, according to the storyteller, seeks what in Devi?

3. What sage does Kumbha claim put a curse on him in Chudala?

4. What god is referred to as the destroyer in Devi?

5. How many arms does the goddess Devi have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the themes and plots within the story Yayati. What unites the story?

2. How does Yayati encounter Deyayani in the story Yayati?

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

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

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

6. What does Mahisha grow up to be like, in Devi? Why does Indra stand against him?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Indra, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Mahishasura in Devi. Do these gods hold a definitive role in the stories, or do they transform in each?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss King Lavana. Where is Lavana ruler? How is he thought of by his subjects? What magician visits him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Soorpanakha, Vibhishana, Kubera, and the setting of Ravana. Why was Ravana renamed and by whom?

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