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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saved Guha’s life?
(a) His refusal to come inside a palace
(b) His determination to kick the statue of Shiva
(c) His inability to imagine civilization
(d) His innocence

2. What is Ravana’s feeling about Rama’s name?
(a) He mutters it in spite of himself
(b) He sings it aloud to himself to make himself angry
(c) He can't stand to hear it
(d) He has his army chant it to make Rama afraid

3. Who offers Sita food?
(a) Indra
(b) Ravana
(c) Trijata
(d) Surpanakha

4. What does Sumantra find after he leaves Rama and Sita in the woods?
(a) Dasaratha's kingdom is in flower
(b) Dasaratha's kingdom has become corrupt
(c) Dasaratha's kindergarten is withering
(d) Bharata has become a tyrant

5. How do humans win favors from gods in the Ramayana?
(a) By acquiring merit
(b) By purchasing favors
(c) By besieging their castles
(d) By praying

Short Answer Questions

1. What are in Ravana’s crowns?

2. Who defeats the demon army single-handedly on the third morning of the war?

3. Who tells Sita the story of Kaikeyi’s two wishes, which had sent Rama and Sita into exile in the first place?

4. What does Rama tell Ravana’s spies?

5. Who first leads the demons against the bear and monkey army?

(see the answer key)

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