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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 was Agastya’s accomplishment?
(a) He raised the Himalya Hills
(b) He started the Ganga River
(c) He lowered the Vindhya Hills
(d) He gathered the Ganga River

2. What equipment of Rama’s does Agastya replace?
(a) His quiver
(b) His bow
(c) His sandals
(d) His arrows

3. Who is Ravana the son of?
(a) Vishrava
(b) Trinavindu
(c) Pulastya
(d) Mali

4. What does Lakshmana propose to do on hearing that Rama is to be banished?
(a) Kill Dasaratha
(b) Find a suitable place for Rama's exile
(c) Prepare Rama's things for exile
(d) Kill Kaikeyi

5. What do Rama and Lakshmana do for their teacher?
(a) Kill demons
(b) Travel to Lanka
(c) Hunt deer
(d) Build a house

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god fitted husband and wife to each other?

2. What does Agni do for Indra after Indra seduces Gautama’s wife?

3. What does the crow surrender, when he apologizes to Rama?

4. What does Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?

5. Complete the following statement: Rama and Lakshmana learned two mantras, one for strength, and one for ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the origin of the city of Lanka.

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

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

4. How did Agastya tame the upstart Vindhya Hills?

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

6. Describe the wedding of Rama and Sita.

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

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

9. Describe Dasaratha’s funeral.

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

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