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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 the poet say is the hardest thing of all to do?
(a) Forgive a god
(b) Become a god
(c) Deserve rewards from a god
(d) Make contacts with a god

2. What is Rama’s response when Bharata asks him to return and be king?
(a) He agrees to return
(b) He refuses
(c) He says that he is not Rama
(d) He asks Bharata to fulfill the exile himself

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

4. Why does Agastya warn Rama against the Dandaka wood?
(a) It is infested with demons
(b) It is the center of the universe
(c) It is too close to Aydohya
(d) It is too dear to the gods

5. What test does Rama pass, to marry Sita?
(a) Beating other suitors in a race
(b) Solving a puzzle
(c) Breaking Janaka's bow
(d) Performing heroic tasks

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Sumantra give Dasaratha for his opinion?

2. What does Bharata answer when Bharadwaja says that he knows that the king is dead?

3. What does Swayamprabha say Maya is master of?

4. Who did Indra fight in the Battle of Heaven?

5. What does Rama put in the river when he hears of his father’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the statue of Shiva save Guha’s life?

2. What was Ravana’s role in the birth of Rama?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the origin of the city of Lanka.

8. Describe the history of Five-Apsarasa Lake.

9. Why does Agastya replace Rama’s bow?

10. Describe Bharadwaja’s feast for Bharata and his party.

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