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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maricha say forest hermits have been doing, in hopes of Ravana’s death?
(a) Praying
(b) Abstaining from food
(c) Sacrificing their domesticated animals
(d) Pouring butter on their fires

2. Whom does Dasaratha tell Rama and Lakshmana to serve at the beginning of chapter 3?
(a) Vaishravana
(b) Vasishtha
(c) Sauti
(d) Viswamitra

3. 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

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. How was Guha’s life returned to him after he died of fever?
(a) Sita restored him with a touch
(b) Rama cured him
(c) Indra paid for his life
(d) Shiva resuscitated him

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

7. What is the importance of the golden hill Meru?
(a) It is the center of the universe
(b) It is the tallest mountain
(c) It is the oldest of the titans
(d) It is the center of earthly wealth

8. What does Sita wear in exile?
(a) Bark and rags
(b) Her fine clothes
(c) Armor
(d) Men's clothes

9. What do the queens do in Dasaratha’s name, after his funeral?
(a) Give gifts
(b) Light fires
(c) Say prayers
(d) Dedicate temples

10. Who is Ravana the son of?
(a) Vishrava
(b) Pulastya
(c) Mali
(d) Trinavindu

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

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

13. What do the old men of Ayodhya ask Rama?
(a) To have Kaikeyi killed
(b) To kill Dasaratha
(c) To stay in Ayodhya
(d) To start a new city with them

14. What brings Valmiki out of the anthill?
(a) A messenger
(b) Sita
(c) Rama
(d) Dasaratha

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Viswakarman build for Bharata?

2. What season comes in with the rain?

3. What does Bharata do to save Manthara from lifetimes of suffering?

4. What does Guha find remarkable about Bharata?

5. What was Ayodhya like when Bharata returned to it?

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