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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What proves Sita’s innocence of the charges that led her to be banished?
(a) Ravana's spirit returns to testify to it
(b) Her mother, the earth, takes her home
(c) The lightning in the sky flashes at her command
(d) Trijata testifies in front of everyone at the festival

2. Who goes to tell Sita that Rama has won?
(a) Sugriva
(b) Jambavan
(c) Rama
(d) Hanuman

3. How does Hanuman say Sita seems to him, when he first sees her?
(a) Untouched
(b) Bewildered
(c) Diminished
(d) Resplendent

4. Who does Garuda send to help Sita?
(a) Viswakarman
(b) Valmiki the hermit
(c) Vaishravana
(d) Trijata the demon

5. What do the animals beat the demon army back with?
(a) Curses
(b) Magic
(c) Trees
(d) Swords

6. How do Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya?
(a) They fly on Hanuman's back
(b) On Pushpaka
(c) By foot
(d) The monkeys and bears carry them

7. Who said that creatures with faces like monkeys would kill Ravana?
(a) Indra
(b) Nandin
(c) Brahma
(d) Maya

8. What does Ravana ask his two magicians to create by magic?
(a) An imaginary Lanka
(b) An image of Rama's head
(c) An image of Hanuman
(d) An image of Sita's corpse

9. What does Vasishtha do to make Rama king?
(a) Lights the city's fire from Rama's birth fire
(b) Pours the water of the world over his head
(c) Bows before him and says a prayer
(d) Gives him the keys to all the city's gates

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

11. What does Khumbakarna say his only law is?
(a) Dissatisfaction
(b) Dreams
(c) Hunger
(d) Violence

12. How old are Kusa and Lava when they come to tell the Ramayana at the festival?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 10
(d) 16

13. Who is Mandodari’s father?
(a) Maya
(b) Maya
(c) Indra
(d) Ravana

14. Who defeats the demon army single-handedly on the third morning of the war?
(a) Jambavan
(b) Hunuman
(c) Sugriva
(d) Rama

15. What does Ravana do to Hanuman?
(a) Kill him
(b) Light his tail on fire
(c) Keep him in a dungeon
(d) Cut off his ears

Short Answer Questions

1. How many warriors does Ravana have in Lanka?

2. What does Valmiki say Ravana had strength to do?

3. What time of year is it when Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya?

4. How does Sita respond to Ravana?

5. What allows Hanuman to leap to Lanka?

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