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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 is Pushpaka driven by?
(a) Wind
(b) Mind
(c) Horses
(d) Swans

2. What did Bharata see in his dream, when Dasaratha died?
(a) The animals were eating each other
(b) The sky collpased
(c) The earth swallowed Rama
(d) The fires of Ayodhya went out

3. What do Guha’s bones say when Bharata shows up looking for Rama?
(a) He is suspicious
(b) He is ready for training in the forest
(c) He should not be hindered
(d) He is king now

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

5. After the rains, who are Rama and Lakshmana waiting for to resume their search for Sita?
(a) Jambava
(b) Sugriva
(c) Angada
(d) Hanuman

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ayodhya like when Bharata returned to it?

2. What is Viswamitra unable to complete, because of Ravana?

3. In whose name does Maricha appeal to Ravana, to leave Sita alone?

4. Why doesn’t the river Godavari tell Rama where Sita is?

5. How does Rama shake off the people who follow him?

Short Essay Questions

1. When had Kaikeyi almost used her two wishes previously?

2. Describe Bharata’s meeting with Guha.

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

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

5. How did Agastya tame the upstart Vindhya Hills?

6. How does Rama help Hanuman?

7. What kind of relationship do Sita and Ravana have, from their first meeting?

8. Describe the history of Five-Apsarasa Lake.

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

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

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