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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. What does Nala save a serpent from in Nala?

2. Nala leaves Damayanti within sight of _________.

3. Who throws herself into a fire to cleanse herself of Ravana's touch?

4. What happens to Kovalan after the goldsmith reports him for theft in The Mispaired Anklet?

5. Shiva's assistant curses Ravana and tells him that _______ will bring about his demise.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ravana and his brothers do when they come out from seclusion?

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

3. What moral lesson is relayed in the story of Draupadi?

4. What does Ravana hear of Rama throughout the city? What is his impression?

5. What gods assist Nala's brother in tricking Nala? How and why?

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

7. Who named Ravana? Describe his family.

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

9. Who arrives to save Sita in Ravana? What does he do to free her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Indian practice of Swayamwara. How does this tradition differ from Western marriage arrangements? What power do women have within this system?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the Ramayana and Mahabharata. How many stories in Gods, Demons, and Others are derived from these texts? When were they written?

Essay Topic 3

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

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