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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 it that the rain kills?
(a) Rama's love for Sita
(b) The monkeys' joy
(c) The earth
(d) The dust
2. What does Viswakarman build for Bharata?
(a) A chariot
(b) A palace
(c) A dream feast
(d) A dream forest
3. What is Rama’s answer when Sita urges him to discard his war arrows?
(a) That war is within us
(b) That his mantras are sufficient
(c) That she is right, he doesn't need them
(d) That they can always seek protection with others
4. What does Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?
(a) Death
(b) Humiliation
(c) War with the gods
(d) Loss of his powers
5. What brings Valmiki out of the anthill?
(a) Dasaratha
(b) Rama
(c) Sita
(d) A messenger
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Valmiki say Ravana thought when he looked at Sita?
2. What was Agastya’s accomplishment?
3. What do the queens do in Dasaratha’s name, after his funeral?
4. Whom does Dasaratha tell Rama and Lakshmana to serve at the beginning of chapter 3?
5. In what way is Ravana vulnerable?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Agastya replace Rama’s bow?
2. How does Dasaratha describe Rama’s banishment as punishment for his own actions?
3. How does Sita allow herself to be abducted?
4. How is the idea of stealing Sita first presented to Ravana?
5. Describe Bharata’s meeting with Guha.
6. How does the Ramayana explain where it has its origin as a poem?
7. How does Rama help Hanuman?
8. How is Bharata convinced to leave Rama in the forest, and accept the throne of Ayodhya himself?
9. Describe the birth of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna.
10. Why does Dasaratha decide that he wants to see Rama made king, and what do his advisors say?
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