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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. What does Ravana say kinsmen have in their hearts?

2. What does Ravana say he will do, if Sita will be his?

3. Where does Hanuman leap to Lanka from?

4. How do Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya?

5. What does Ravana say is eternal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rama’s return to the throne of Ayodhya.

2. Describe Hanuman’s leap.

3. What advice does Khumbakarna give Ravana before he goes to fight?

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

5. Explain Vibhishana’s change of heart regarding Ravana.

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

7. How does Rama kill Khumbakarna?

8. What happens to Queen Mandodari after Ravana’s death?

9. How does Indrajit capture Hanuman, and how does Hanuman get free?

10. What is the outcome of Ravana’s conversation with time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the history of the Ramayana’s development as a poem. What cultural conditions led to the creation of the poem? To what kinds of cultural questions was the Ramayana an attempted answer?

Essay Topic 2

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

Essay Topic 3

What does the Ramayana tell the reader about the relations between men and women, husbands and wives? Using examples from the text, describe the poem’s lessons for relations between the sexes.

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