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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Vaishravana the god of?
(a) The rain
(b) Wealth
(c) The earth
(d) All the cosmos

2. Where did Kaikeyi’s wishes come from?
(a) Having helped Brahma
(b) Having saved Dasaratha's life
(c) Having worked for Indra
(d) From her father

3. What is Sumantra’s opinion, when Dasaratha asks him for his thoughts about putting Rama on the throne?
(a) He says that Dasaratha should not step down yet
(b) He says that Rama will be a great king
(c) He says that he afraid Rama is not ready
(d) He says that succession is a very risky process

4. What work does the Ramayana follow after?
(a) The Bhagavad-Gita.
(b) The Iliad
(c) The Koran
(d) The Mahabharata

5. Complete the following statement: Rama and Lakshmana learned two mantras, one for strength, and one for ________.
(a) Cunning
(b) Insight
(c) The ability to fly
(d) More strength

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dasaratha say he wants to step down?

2. What does Agni do for Indra after Indra seduces Gautama’s wife?

3. What test does Rama pass, to marry Sita?

4. What word does the Ramayana begin with?

5. Whom does Dasaratha tell Rama and Lakshmana to serve at the beginning of chapter 3?

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