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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the throne when Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya?
(a) Rama's crown
(b) Rama's sandals
(c) Sita's scarf
(d) Rama's ring

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

3. What time of year is it when Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya?
(a) Spring
(b) Autumn
(c) Winter
(d) Summer

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

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

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

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

8. Who saves Hanuman from Ravana’s torture?
(a) Sita
(b) Trijata
(c) Indra
(d) Brahma

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

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

11. How many times does this character plead with Ravana?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 3

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

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

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

15. What is Sita’s reaction when Indrajit shows her Rama’s head?
(a) She tears her hair out
(b) She considers accepting Ravana
(c) She is unmoved
(d) She weeps inconsolably

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Narayana done to be cursed with one day losing his own wife?

2. Who comes to take Rama to death?

3. How do Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya?

4. Who pleads with Ravana to return Sita?

5. How are Rama and the others revived?

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