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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first to rid the earth of Rakshasas?

2. What is Rama’s answer when Sita urges him to discard his war arrows?

3. What season comes in with the rain?

4. What is Pushpaka driven by?

5. What does Maricha say forest hermits have been doing, in hopes of Ravana’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Agastya replace Rama’s bow?

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

3. What gift does Indra make to Sita?

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

5. How does Rama help Hanuman?

6. What is Sita’s response when she hears about Rama’s exile?

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

8. How is the idea of stealing Sita first presented to Ravana?

9. Describe the history of Five-Apsarasa Lake.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What topics would you like to research further after reading the Ramayana? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on the Ramayana.

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend the Ramayana? For what purposes would you recommend the Ramayana, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

What does the Ramayana teach you about how to live? What kinds of problems does the Ramayana tell the reader how to solve? What kinds of questions would it not be very useful for?

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