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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the demon army most powerful?
(a) Night
(b) Noon
(c) Dawn
(d) Dusk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Suka say will be the result if Ravana kills Sita with his sword of empire?
(a) Shame
(b) Relief
(c) Justice
(d) Destruction

14. What takes Sita’s place while she is banished?
(a) A ring
(b) A scarf
(c) A golden statue
(d) A pair of her sandals

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ravana do to Hanuman?

2. Who is Mandodari’s father?

3. What does Ravana say he will do, if Sita will be his?

4. What does Trijata tell the other Rakshasis?

5. How old are Kusa and Lava when they come to tell the Ramayana at the festival?

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