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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allows Hanuman to leap to Lanka?
(a) He is lighter than the weight of the other monkeys
(b) He was given gifts by the gods
(c) He acquired a great deal of merit and is awarded with physical abilities
(d) He is the son of the wind

2. Where does Rama say that true friendship comes from?
(a) Kindness and giving help
(b) Sharing a history in a region
(c) Blood ties
(d) A gift of the gods

3. What form does Hanuman take when he is searching Lanka for Sita?
(a) A monkey
(b) A man
(c) A demon
(d) A cat

4. Who makes dinner for Rama and Sita on their way back to Ayodhya?
(a) Guha
(b) Trijata
(c) Vibhishana
(d) Viswakarman

5. Where does Hanuman leap to Lanka from?
(a) The Himalya hills
(b) The Malaya hills
(c) From Dandaka
(d) From Mainaka Hill

6. Rama says that he will fight Ravana but not whom?
(a) Women
(b) The innocent
(c) Civilian demons
(d) Anyone but demons

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

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

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

10. At what hour does Rama fight Ravana?
(a) Midnight
(b) Noon
(c) Dawn
(d) Sunset

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

12. How many warriors does Ravana have in Lanka?
(a) 320 million
(b) 1 million
(c) 640,000
(d) 8 million

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Khumbakarna say his only law is?

3. What is Sita’s reaction when Indrajit shows her Rama’s head?

4. What does Ravana do to Hanuman?

5. What is on the throne when Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya?

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