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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Suka remain loyal to Ravana, even though he sees he is about to die?
(a) He knew that his fate was the same as Ravana's
(b) He had taken him for his king
(c) He partook of the same life as Ravana
(d) He had done too much evil to turn against Ravana

2. What does Prahasta carry in addition to weapons, rockets and poisons?
(a) Delusions and bad dreams
(b) Healing flatteries
(c) Economic crises
(d) False compliments

3. How does Suka prevent Hanuman from killing him?
(a) He says he will damage Kishkindhya
(b) He threatens to predict Hanuman's death
(c) He threatens to unleash all of his bad deeds on him
(d) He says that Ravana will avenge his death

4. Who does Rama say really knows life?What gossip darkens Sita’s image in Rama’s eye?
(a) That she must have consorted with Ravana
(b) That she had a child with Ravana
(c) That she must have wanted to flee Rama
(d) That she did not want to return to Ayodhya

5. Who goes to tell Bharata that Rama is coming?
(a) Pushpaka
(b) Sugriva
(c) Hanuman
(d) Jambavan

6. What does Vibhishana say Ravana can do to a messenger?
(a) Disembowl him
(b) Brand him
(c) Torture him
(d) Amputate limbs

7. How does Nala throw Prahasta out of his chariot?
(a) By shifting his weight
(b) By hitting him with a rocket
(c) By leaping into the chariot with him
(d) By throwing a boulder at him

8. At what time of year does Rama kill Ravana?
(a) Summer solstice
(b) Spring equinox
(c) Autumn equinox
(d) Winter solstice

9. What does Rama’s festival celebrate?
(a) The coming of springtime
(b) 10,000 years of his rule
(c) The end of his reign
(d) Sita's return to Aydohya

10. What had Narayana done to be cursed with one day losing his own wife?
(a) Neglected his wife for Apsarasa consorts
(b) Violated a brahmana's sanctuary and killed his wife
(c) Stolen a serving girl and run off with her
(d) Defeated the drought demons in battle

11. What does Rama tell Ravana’s spies?
(a) That they need to be detained indefinitely
(b) To see all they need to see
(c) That they will be executed
(d) To return and they will not be harmed

12. Who tells the monkeys where Sita is?
(a) Angada
(b) Sampati
(c) Vali
(d) Jatayu

13. When does Rama kill Ravana?
(a) Dawn
(b) Dusk
(c) Noon
(d) Sunset

14. What color is Rama’s skin when he appears before Lanka?
(a) Dark green
(b) White
(c) Blue
(d) Gold

15. Who pleads with Ravana to return Sita?
(a) Khumbakarna
(b) General Prahasta
(c) Trijata
(d) Vibhishana

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pushpaka go after Rama’s coronation?

2. Who said that creatures with faces like monkeys would kill Ravana?

3. For how long does Rama reign in Ayodhya?

4. What does Khumbakarna say his only law is?

5. What does Ravana ask his two magicians to create by magic?

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