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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 Viswakarman build for Bharata?
(a) A palace
(b) A dream feast
(c) A chariot
(d) A dream forest

2. How far from India is Lanka?
(a) 100 leagues
(b) 50 leagues
(c) 10 leagues
(d) 20 leagues

3. Where is Sita born?
(a) In the ocean
(b) In a palace
(c) In a barn
(d) In a furrow

4. Who did Indra fight in the Battle of Heaven?
(a) Yama
(b) Ravan
(c) Khumbakarna
(d) Kala

5. Who is Rama descended from?
(a) The sun
(b) The underworld
(c) The ocean
(d) The earth

Short Answer Questions

1. After the rains, who are Rama and Lakshmana waiting for to resume their search for Sita?

2. What does the poet say is the hardest thing of all to do?

3. What does Lakshmana propose to do on hearing that Rama is to be banished?

4. What compromise do Rama and Bharata reach?

5. What does Valmiki say Ravana thought when he looked at Sita?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sita allow herself to be abducted?

3. Describe the wedding of Rama and Sita.

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

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

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

7. Describe Rama and Lakshmana’s training by Viswamitra.

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

9. What gift does Indra make to Sita?

10. Describe Dasaratha’s funeral.

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