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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Sumantra give Dasaratha for his opinion?
(a) He wants to wait until Rama has been trained
(b) Rama still says foolish things
(c) He can believe what Rama says
(d) Rama has not held office before

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

3. What test does Rama pass, to marry Sita?
(a) Solving a puzzle
(b) Beating other suitors in a race
(c) Performing heroic tasks
(d) Breaking Janaka's bow

4. How does Maricha get Ravana interested in killing Rama?
(a) He describes the renown he would earn
(b) He describes the beauty of Rama's kingdom
(c) He describes Sita's beauty
(d) He describes the power he would wield with the gods who would protect Rama

5. What season comes in with the rain?
(a) Autumn
(b) Spring
(c) Winter
(d) Summer

6. 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

7. For how long had Rama and Sita been married when Dasaratha says that he wants Rama to rule?
(a) 10 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 12 years

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

9. Who came to take Dasaratha away, after he told the story of why Rama had had to be taken?
(a) Kala
(b) Vishnu
(c) Yama
(d) Kama

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

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

12. Who did Indra fight in the Battle of Heaven?
(a) Yama
(b) Kala
(c) Ravan
(d) Khumbakarna

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

14. In what did Valmiki see Rama’s life?
(a) A handful of water
(b) A mirror
(c) A flowing river
(d) A cup of tea

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Valmiki say Ravana thought when he looked at Sita?

2. Why does Rama go after the deer in spite of Lakshmana’s warning that it is an illusion?

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

4. What work does the Ramayana follow after?

5. What do Rama and Lakshmana do for their teacher?

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