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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. How do humans win favors from gods in the Ramayana?
(a) By besieging their castles
(b) By acquiring merit
(c) By praying
(d) By purchasing favors

2. What does Rama give Hanuman for Sita to know him by?
(a) A necklace
(b) A ring
(c) A lock of hair
(d) A letter

3. Where is Sita born?
(a) In a barn
(b) In a palace
(c) In the ocean
(d) In a furrow

4. Who was the first to rid the earth of Rakshasas?
(a) Indra
(b) Narada
(c) Garuda
(d) Indrajit

5. Why doesn’t the river Godavari tell Rama where Sita is?
(a) It cannot speak in Rama's language
(b) It did not see Ravana take Sita
(c) It is loyal to Ravana
(d) It is afraid of Ravana

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Kaikeyi’s wishes come from?

2. What is Bharata’s response when he is told that he will be king now?

3. What is Rama’s answer when Sita urges him to discard his war arrows?

4. In what way is Ravana vulnerable?

5. What is this age characterized by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the birth of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna.

2. What delays Rama in his search for Sita?

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

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

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

6. What gift does Indra make to Sita?

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

8. Describe Ravana’s origins.

9. Why does Rama insist on going into the Dandaka Forest, against Sita’s wishes?

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

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