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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Swayamprabha say Maya is master of?
(a) Death
(b) Knowledge
(c) Creation
(d) Time
2. Why doesn’t the river Godavari tell Rama where Sita is?
(a) It is loyal to Ravana
(b) It did not see Ravana take Sita
(c) It cannot speak in Rama's language
(d) It is afraid of Ravana
3. What does Savari tell Rama to seek, in the midst of misfortune?
(a) Virtue
(b) Escape
(c) Friendship
(d) Merit
4. What does Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?
(a) Death
(b) War with the gods
(c) Humiliation
(d) Loss of his powers
5. Where is Sita born?
(a) In the ocean
(b) In a furrow
(c) In a barn
(d) In a palace
6. What do Rama and Lakshmana learn from this teacher?
(a) The use of weapons
(b) The use of magic
(c) The use of minerals
(d) The use of books
7. Complete the following statement: Rama and Lakshmana learned two mantras, one for strength, and one for ________.
(a) The ability to fly
(b) Insight
(c) Cunning
(d) More strength
8. What do Guha’s bones say when Bharata shows up looking for Rama?
(a) He should not be hindered
(b) He is ready for training in the forest
(c) He is king now
(d) He is suspicious
9. What season comes in with the rain?
(a) Spring
(b) Winter
(c) Autumn
(d) Summer
10. Why does Dasaratha say he wants to step down?
(a) He enjoys too much happiness
(b) His debts to himself are all paid
(c) He has too many responsibilities
(d) His health is failing
11. What is Viswamitra unable to complete, because of Ravana?
(a) Moving a mountain
(b) Building a house
(c) Making a sacrifice
(d) Hunting for a deer
12. What was Agastya’s accomplishment?
(a) He gathered the Ganga River
(b) He lowered the Vindhya Hills
(c) He started the Ganga River
(d) He raised the Himalya Hills
13. Who offers Sita food?
(a) Trijata
(b) Indra
(c) Ravana
(d) Surpanakha
14. What do the old men of Ayodhya ask Rama?
(a) To stay in Ayodhya
(b) To start a new city with them
(c) To have Kaikeyi killed
(d) To kill Dasaratha
15. What do the Valakhila saints say war is preferable to?
(a) Fear
(b) Peace
(c) Submission
(d) Friendship
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Agni do for Indra after Indra seduces Gautama’s wife?
2. Why does Rama go after the deer in spite of Lakshmana’s warning that it is an illusion?
3. What delays Rama’s search for Sita?
4. How does Maricha help Ravana abduct Sita?
5. What does Rama put in the river when he hears of his father’s death?
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