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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 Valmiki say Ravana had strength to do?
(a) Protect all creation from harm
(b) Turn the planet inside out
(c) Pull the heavens apart
(d) Begin a new creation of his own

2. Who tells Sita the story of Kaikeyi’s two wishes, which had sent Rama and Sita into exile in the first place?
(a) Sumantra
(b) Lakshmana
(c) Vibhishana
(d) Vasishtha

3. What does Vibhishana say Ravana can do to a messenger?
(a) Disembowl him
(b) Brand him
(c) Torture him
(d) Amputate limbs

4. After his victory, what is Rama presented with?
(a) Sita's scarf and jewels
(b) Ravana's robe
(c) Bharata's sandals
(d) Clothes from Ayodhya

5. Who said that creatures with faces like monkeys would kill Ravana?
(a) Brahma
(b) Maya
(c) Nandin
(d) Indra

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first leads the demons against the bear and monkey army?

2. Who pleads with Ravana to return Sita?

3. What demand does Ravana make of Sita?

4. How easy does Valmiki say it is for Malvayan to wound Narayana?

5. When does Rama kill Ravana?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rama and Sita’s disappearance from the earth.

2. What success does Indrajit have on the battlefield?

3. Describe the Rakshasis Hanuman sees when he is searching Lanka.

4. Why does Rama banish Sita?

5. How is this chapter different in this version than it is in the original?

6. How does Rama send a final warning to Ravana?

7. Describe the chariot Pushpaka.

8. Describe Sita’s interaction with Ravana as Hanuman is watching.

9. Describe Rama and Sita’s return to Ayodhya.

10. How do Rama and Samudra and Ocean Lord resolve the question of the bridge to Lanka?

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