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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three; Ravana, Valmiki, Draupadi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What god is referred to as the destroyer in Devi?
(a) Shiva.
(b) Indra.
(c) Dattatreya.
(d) Vishnu.

2. When she returns to the forest to check on her husband's progress, Chudala finds Sikhi-Dhvaja emaciated and ___________.
(a) Scared.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) In a trance.
(d) Sickly.

3. Whose ambition it is to enter heaven in his earthly form in Viswamitra?
(a) Trisanku.
(b) Indra.
(c) Chedi.
(d) Lavana.

4. Who is the presiding god of wisdom and acumen in Yayati?
(a) Kacha.
(b) Devayani.
(c) Sukracharya.
(d) Brihaspati.

5. Who had Ravana attacked and tormented during one of his excursions and later gave Ravana his third curse?
(a) King Aranyaka.
(b) King Arundhati.
(c) King Aslesa.
(d) King Ayyappan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in Sanskrit refers to the foremost poet or fountainhead of poetry?

2. To what two sons of Rama's does Valmiki pass along the Ramayana?

3. Every demon, according to the storyteller, seeks what in Devi?

4. What word refers to pleasure and enjoyment in Sanskrit?

5. Who appears to Sikhi-Dhvaia and tells him that since he has achieved such spiritual enlightenment, there is no reason why he should not join in his world of unending pleasure and delight?

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