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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who offers Sita food?
(a) Ravana
(b) Trijata
(c) Surpanakha
(d) Indra
2. How does Surpanakha cause trouble for Rama and Sita?
(a) She desires Rama
(b) She is afraid of Sita's beauty
(c) Rama threatens her
(d) She is hungry for Sita
3. Why does Dasaratha believe it is fair that Rama should be sent away from him?
(a) Because he once killed a young man unintentionally
(b) Because he had taken too much pride in him
(c) Because he owed a debt to the gods of the woods
(d) Because Rama has important things to learn in exile
4. What is Pushpaka driven by?
(a) Mind
(b) Horses
(c) Swans
(d) Wind
5. Who did Indra fight in the Battle of Heaven?
(a) Kala
(b) Yama
(c) Khumbakarna
(d) Ravan
6. Where did Kaikeyi’s wishes come from?
(a) Having saved Dasaratha's life
(b) From her father
(c) Having worked for Indra
(d) Having helped Brahma
7. How does Rama shake off the people who follow him?
(a) With promises
(b) With lies
(c) With false tracks
(d) With threats
8. What age of the world are Viswamitra and Dasaratha living in?
(a) The fifth
(b) The first
(c) The second
(d) The third
9. What is Viswamitra unable to complete, because of Ravana?
(a) Hunting for a deer
(b) Making a sacrifice
(c) Building a house
(d) Moving a mountain
10. What does Agni do for Indra after Indra seduces Gautama’s wife?
(a) Restore his male parts
(b) Restore his vision
(c) Instruct him in making offerings
(d) Gives him magical powers
11. What does Rama put in the river when he hears of his father’s death?
(a) Hair
(b) Flowers
(c) Incense
(d) Cakes
12. Where does Bharadwaja tell Bharata to find Rama?
(a) Chitrakuta Hill
(b) Kishkindhya
(c) Rishyamuka Hill
(d) Naimasha Forest
13. What do the Valakhila saints say war is preferable to?
(a) Fear
(b) Friendship
(c) Submission
(d) Peace
14. What is Ravana’s feeling about Rama’s name?
(a) He sings it aloud to himself to make himself angry
(b) He can't stand to hear it
(c) He has his army chant it to make Rama afraid
(d) He mutters it in spite of himself
15. What does Bharata do to save Manthara from lifetimes of suffering?
(a) Forgive her
(b) Banish her
(c) Kill her
(d) Pay her debt
Short Answer Questions
1. How far from India is Lanka?
2. What does the narrator say the world’s first verse of poetry was born from?
3. What does Sauti say that Rama is beyond?
4. Why does Rama go after the deer in spite of Lakshmana’s warning that it is an illusion?
5. What saved Guha’s life?
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