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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 step-brother of Ravana's is a man of great respectability because of his tapas?

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

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

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

5. Who becomes king after Nala loses at a game of dice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Ravana and his brothers go into seclusion? What does Ravana gain?

4. Who named Ravana? Describe his family.

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

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

7. How does Ravana die?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Sankha in Valmiki. What are Sankha's incarnations? What is his principle role in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the life of the author, R. K. Narayan, his culture and literary career, and the influences which he drew from in adapting Gods, Demons, and Others.

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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