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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 age of the world are Viswamitra and Dasaratha living in?
(a) The second
(b) The first
(c) The fifth
(d) The third

2. Complete the following statement: Rama and Lakshmana learned two mantras, one for strength, and one for ________.
(a) The ability to fly
(b) Insight
(c) More strength
(d) Cunning

3. In what way is Ravana vulnerable?
(a) He can be stabbed in a certain place
(b) A human can kill him
(c) He can be drowned
(d) He can be killed by poison

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

5. What do the queens do in Dasaratha’s name, after his funeral?
(a) Dedicate temples
(b) Light fires
(c) Give gifts
(d) Say prayers

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the Ramayana begin with?

2. Where does Ravana put Sita, when he gets her back to Lanka?

3. What does Bharata do to save Manthara from lifetimes of suffering?

4. What does the narrator say the world’s first verse of poetry was born from?

5. What do the Valakhila saints say war is preferable to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the wedding of Rama and Sita.

3. Describe Dasaratha’s funeral.

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

5. How does Rama help Hanuman?

6. How does Hanuman characterize the story of Rama and Sita to Jambavan?

7. Why does Kaikeyi ask for Rama to be sent away?

8. Describe Ravana’s origins.

9. How does Sita allow herself to be abducted?

10. What is Bharata’s response when he hears that Dasaratha is dead?

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