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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Viswamitra unable to complete, because of Ravana?
(a) Hunting for a deer
(b) Making a sacrifice
(c) Building a house
(d) Moving a mountain

2. Whose daughter does Ravana marry?
(a) The god of the ocean
(b) The god of illusion
(c) The god of the earth
(d) The god of the sun

3. What is Bharata’s response when he is told that he will be king now?
(a) He is silent
(b) He is uncertain
(c) He is elated
(d) He is miserable

4. Why does Dasaratha believe it is fair that Rama should be sent away from him?
(a) Because Rama has important things to learn in exile
(b) Because he had taken too much pride in him
(c) Because he owed a debt to the gods of the woods
(d) Because he once killed a young man unintentionally

5. What equipment of Rama’s does Agastya replace?
(a) His sandals
(b) His arrows
(c) His bow
(d) His quiver

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sita wear in exile?

2. What does Sauti say that Rama is beyond?

3. Who wins the drinking contest Lakshmana enters into?

4. How do humans win favors from gods in the Ramayana?

5. What does Rama put in the river when he hears of his father’s death?

(see the answer key)

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