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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. Whom does Brahma offer to Manmata for marriage?
2. What ruler of the gods does Mahisha taunt endlessly in Devi?
3. Who is the presiding god of wisdom and acumen in Yayati?
4. In the magical kingdom in Lavana, the king's father-in-law is _______________.
5. What is the name of the young male aspic Chudala disguises herself as to appear to her husband?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Chudala test her husband's ability to make no distinction between yielding and resisting?
2. How is the struggle between the gods and demons described in the beginning of Yayati?
3. What conversation does Iswara have with Vasishta in Viswamitra?
4. What causes King Lavana to leave his home with his family in Lavana? How does he return?
5. What moral lesson does King Lavana learn from his encounter with a magician?
6. What obstacles face Kacha once he becomes Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?
7. Discuss the themes and plots within the story Yayati. What unites the story?
8. How does Sabala feel about leaving Vasishta in Viswamitra? What does she do?
9. Who does Sikhi-Dhvaia's father arrange for him to marry? What is their marriage like?
10. What does Mahisha do upon hearing a challenge through the woods in Devi?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss King Lavana. Where is Lavana ruler? How is he thought of by his subjects? What magician visits him?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the plot structure and settings of Yayati. What are the story's central themes? How do the characters react to temptation in this narrative? How does it relate to the other stories in the anthology?
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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