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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Surpanakha cause trouble for Rama and Sita?
(a) She is hungry for Sita
(b) She desires Rama
(c) Rama threatens her
(d) She is afraid of Sita's beauty

2. What does Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?
(a) Humiliation
(b) Loss of his powers
(c) War with the gods
(d) Death

3. What does Rama give Hanuman for Sita to know him by?
(a) A letter
(b) A lock of hair
(c) A ring
(d) A necklace

4. In what way is Ravana vulnerable?
(a) He can be drowned
(b) A human can kill him
(c) He can be killed by poison
(d) He can be stabbed in a certain place

5. What delays Rama’s search for Sita?
(a) The rainy season
(b) The hunt
(c) Festivals
(d) Visits from various kings

6. In whose name does Maricha appeal to Ravana, to leave Sita alone?
(a) His people
(b) His wives'
(c) His own
(d) His own

7. What word does the Ramayana begin with?
(a) Om
(b) Vishnu
(c) Rama
(d) Lord

8. How does Maricha help Ravana abduct Sita?
(a) He casts a spell on Rama and Lakshmana
(b) He creates a thick fog for Ravana
(c) He fights Rama and Lakshmana
(d) He distracts Rama and Lakshmana

9. Why can’t Ravana force Sita?
(a) He will lose her unless she consents
(b) His wives will protect her
(c) The gods' law binds him
(d) He will die

10. What is it that allows Ravana to defeat Jatayu?
(a) Jatayu's age
(b) Surpanakha's spell
(c) Ravana's magic
(d) Ravanna's strength

11. What do Guha’s bones say when Bharata shows up looking for Rama?
(a) He is ready for training in the forest
(b) He should not be hindered
(c) He is suspicious
(d) He is king now

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

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

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

15. What does Sauti say that Rama is beyond?
(a) Death
(b) Love
(c) Time
(d) Grace

Short Answer Questions

1. What season comes in with the rain?

2. What does Savari tell Rama to seek, in the midst of misfortune?

3. What does Bharata answer when Bharadwaja says that he knows that the king is dead?

4. What is Pushpaka driven by?

5. Who is Rama descended from?

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