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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?
(a) Humiliation
(b) Death
(c) Loss of his powers
(d) War with the gods

2. What does the crow surrender, when he apologizes to Rama?
(a) His singing voice
(b) His wing feathers
(c) His colors
(d) His right eye

3. What season comes in with the rain?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Winter
(d) Autumn

4. Why does Rama go after the deer in spite of Lakshmana’s warning that it is an illusion?
(a) Sita wants it
(b) His pride is challenged
(c) He goes in spite of himself
(d) He wants it for himself

5. What word does the Ramayana begin with?
(a) Om
(b) Rama
(c) Vishnu
(d) Lord

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guha find remarkable about Bharata?

2. What is Rama’s response when Bharata asks him to return and be king?

3. Who fashioned the five elements of the world?

4. What brings Valmiki out of the anthill?

5. Where does Bharadwaja tell Bharata to find Rama?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift does Indra make to Sita?

2. Describe the history of Five-Apsarasa Lake.

3. How does Ravana defeat Jatayu and escape with Sita?

4. How did Agastya tame the upstart Vindhya Hills?

5. How did Ravana win the Battle of the Heaven?

6. How does the Ramayana explain where it has its origin as a poem?

7. How does Rama finally motivate Sugriva to start searching for Sita?

8. Why does Dasaratha decide that he wants to see Rama made king, and what do his advisors say?

9. How is Bharata convinced to leave Rama in the forest, and accept the throne of Ayodhya himself?

10. Describe Sita’s origins, and how she comes to be Rama’s wife.

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