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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 Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?
(a) Humiliation
(b) Loss of his powers
(c) War with the gods
(d) Death

2. Where does Sumantra put Dasaratha’s body after he dies?
(a) On a pyre
(b) In a tomb
(c) In the burial room of the palace
(d) In a vat of oil

3. For how long had Rama and Sita been married when Dasaratha says that he wants Rama to rule?
(a) 12 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 10 years

4. What do the Valakhila saints say war is preferable to?
(a) Fear
(b) Submission
(c) Friendship
(d) Peace

5. What does Rama give Hanuman for Sita to know him by?
(a) A letter
(b) A lock of hair
(c) A ring
(d) A necklace

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the search for Sita broken up?

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

3. What word does the Ramayana begin with?

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

5. What is this age characterized by?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Agastya replace Rama’s bow?

5. How does Dasaratha describe Rama’s banishment as punishment for his own actions?

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

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

8. Describe the wedding of Rama and Sita.

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

10. How did Agastya tame the upstart Vindhya Hills?

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