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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allowed this character to know where Sita was?
(a) Exceptional hearing
(b) Hearsay
(c) Second sight
(d) Exceptional eyesight

2. What does General Prahasta ask Ravana to do?
(a) Stall
(b) Give Sita back
(c) Declare war
(d) Negotiate with Rama

3. How does Sita respond to Ravana?
(a) Ingratiatingly
(b) Peevishly
(c) Defiantly
(d) Coyly

4. For how many years does Rama continue to rule Ayodhya after his festival?
(a) 1,000 years
(b) 14,000 years
(c) 28,000 years
(d) 10,000 years

5. How does Hanuman ultimately find Sita?
(a) He gets a demon to tell him where she is
(b) He hears sad voices
(c) He sees her while he is leaping
(d) Guards lead him to her

6. After Rama’s victory, what does Vibhishana offer Sita?
(a) Transportation to Ayodhya
(b) Protection
(c) His hand in marriage
(d) Magic power

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

8. Why do Rama and Sita have to return to Ayodhya?
(a) Bharata is going to rule forever if they are not back by the right time
(b) Bharata has pledged to kill himself if they have not returned
(c) Another demon army is poised to invade Ayodhya in Rama’s absence
(d) Rama has a narrow astrological window to establish himself as king.

9. Which demon’s head is hit so hard that it is driven down into his belly?
(a) Thunder-tooth
(b) Khumbakarna
(c) Lightning-tongue
(d) Ravana

10. Who does the Ocean agree to be bound by?
(a) Hanuman
(b) Nala
(c) Rama
(d) Jambavan

11. What does Hanuman do with the bracelet Rama gives him?
(a) Melts it
(b) Sells it
(c) Brakes it
(d) Eats it

12. What does Ravana say kinsmen have in their hearts?
(a) Longing
(b) Envy
(c) Love
(d) Nostalgia

13. Where does Pushpaka go after Rama’s coronation?
(a) Back to Brahma
(b) Back to Vaishravana
(c) Back to the Himalya
(d) Back to Lanka

14. What are in Ravana’s crowns?
(a) Human skulls
(b) Flaming flowers
(c) Weeds and thorns
(d) Black cloth

15. Why does Rama tell Lakshmana to abandon Sita by the Ganga River?
(a) Because he is disgusted by her now
(b) Because he must be blameless as a king
(c) Because it is the beginning of the end of his reign
(d) Because he is angry about her betrayal

Short Answer Questions

1. What proves Sita’s innocence of the charges that led her to be banished?

2. How many times does this character plead with Ravana?

3. What does Prahasta carry in addition to weapons, rockets and poisons?

4. At what time of year does Rama kill Ravana?

5. Who is Saunaka?

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