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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the crow surrender, when he apologizes to Rama?
(a) His wing feathers
(b) His colors
(c) His right eye
(d) His singing voice

2. What is it that the rain kills?
(a) The dust
(b) The monkeys' joy
(c) The earth
(d) Rama's love for Sita

3. Who plants the troubling idea in Kaikeyi’s mind?
(a) Bharata
(b) Manthara
(c) Rama
(d) Dasaratha

4. Where does Ravana put Sita, when he gets her back to Lanka?
(a) In a grove of Asaka trees
(b) In with the harem
(c) In a kennel
(d) In his bedroom

5. Who was the first to rid the earth of Rakshasas?
(a) Garuda
(b) Indrajit
(c) Indra
(d) Narada

6. What do Rama and Lakshmana learn from this teacher?
(a) The use of magic
(b) The use of weapons
(c) The use of books
(d) The use of minerals

7. How is the search for Sita broken up?
(a) By all the various peoples and creatures living on the earth
(b) By the four quarters
(c) By underworld, earth, kingdoms of the gods, and heavens
(d) By land, sea, and air

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

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

10. What does Swayamprabha say Maya is master of?
(a) Knowledge
(b) Creation
(c) Time
(d) Death

11. How far from India is Lanka?
(a) 10 leagues
(b) 100 leagues
(c) 20 leagues
(d) 50 leagues

12. What is Pushpaka driven by?
(a) Horses
(b) Swans
(c) Mind
(d) Wind

13. What is Rama’s answer when Sita urges him to discard his war arrows?
(a) That his mantras are sufficient
(b) That she is right, he doesn't need them
(c) That war is within us
(d) That they can always seek protection with others

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

15. What did Bharata see in his dream, when Dasaratha died?
(a) The animals were eating each other
(b) The fires of Ayodhya went out
(c) The earth swallowed Rama
(d) The sky collpased

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rama’s response when Bharata asks him to return and be king?

2. Who offers Sita food?

3. What does Guha find remarkable about Bharata?

4. What equipment of Rama’s does Agastya replace?

5. Why does Dasaratha believe it is fair that Rama should be sent away from him?

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