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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Ayodhya like when Bharata returned to it?
(a) Silent
(b) Tumultuous
(c) Full of strife
(d) Wailing

3. Why doesn’t the river Godavari tell Rama where Sita is?
(a) It did not see Ravana take Sita
(b) It cannot speak in Rama's language
(c) It is afraid of Ravana
(d) It is loyal to Ravana

4. What does Rama put in the river when he hears of his father’s death?
(a) Hair
(b) Incense
(c) Cakes
(d) Flowers

5. What does Sumantra find after he leaves Rama and Sita in the woods?
(a) Dasaratha's kindergarten is withering
(b) Dasaratha's kingdom is in flower
(c) Bharata has become a tyrant
(d) Dasaratha's kingdom has become corrupt

6. What is Sumantra’s opinion, when Dasaratha asks him for his thoughts about putting Rama on the throne?
(a) He says that Dasaratha should not step down yet
(b) He says that Rama will be a great king
(c) He says that succession is a very risky process
(d) He says that he afraid Rama is not ready

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

8. How does Rama shake off the people who follow him?
(a) With promises
(b) With threats
(c) With false tracks
(d) With lies

9. What do Guha’s bones say when Bharata shows up looking for Rama?
(a) He is suspicious
(b) He is king now
(c) He should not be hindered
(d) He is ready for training in the forest

10. Whose daughter does Ravana marry?
(a) The god of the ocean
(b) The god of illusion
(c) The god of the sun
(d) The god of the earth

11. How do humans win favors from gods in the Ramayana?
(a) By praying
(b) By besieging their castles
(c) By purchasing favors
(d) By acquiring merit

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lakshmana propose to do on hearing that Rama is to be banished?

2. What is Pushpaka driven by?

3. What compromise do Rama and Bharata reach?

4. What does Rama give Hanuman for Sita to know him by?

5. What is this age characterized by?

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