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

2. What was Kovalan's name in his previous life in The Mispaired Anklet?

3. What mountain gets in Ravana's way when riding home after vanquishing his brother's lands?

4. What assistant of Shiva's, who is deformed and dwarfish, orders Ravana to cease and desist from moving the mountain?

5. What messenger does Nala send to a beautiful princess in Nala?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. Why does Ravana attack his brother? What does he steal from him?

6. Who named Ravana? Describe his family.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the elements of Hindu faith and belief in Chudala and Lavana. What morals are upheld in each of these stories? How do the stories relate to Christian parables?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the desire for immortality by the asuras in Devi. What is the driving force of "evil," according to R. K. Narayan's perspective? What defines "good"?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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