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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 visits Valmiki and tells him the prophecy of a great man, born into the race of Ikshvahus?

2. In his Sankha's first incarnation in the story Valmiki, the thief is a scholarly man who falls in love with what kind of person?

3. Who is referred to as the lord of Death in Nala?

4. Rama is the incarnation of what god in Valmiki?

5. What weapon does Ravana give his son with which to attack a giant monkey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where does King Nala find himself after Damayanti's Swayamwara is announced?

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

8. What does a serpent give Nala in repayment for saving him?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 Sandhya, Manmata, Rati, Iswara, and the setting of Manmata. Why did Brahma decide to create Sandhya and Manmata?

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