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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 Rama's wife in Ravana?

2. In what seacoast town does The Mispaired Anklet begin?

3. Who tells Savitri that she should not marry the man she desires because he can see the future?

4. What is the true identity of Siti in Valmiki?

5. Who is Nala's brother that challenges Nala to a game of dice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nala leave Damayanti behind in Nala? Why?

2. Who comes to order Ravana to stop moving a mountain? What is his response?

3. Why is Asvapati praying in the beginning of Savitri? To whom does he pray?

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

5. What does Vibhishana suggest Ravana do rather than fight?

6. What do the king and queen of Madurai do upon learning of the wrongs done to Kovalan in The Mispaired Anklet? What does Kannagi do?

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

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

9. Who does Damayanti encounter in Chedi? What does she do at that point?

10. What is Sita's reaction to Ravana once she has been kidnapped?

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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