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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two; Devi, Viswamitra, Manmata.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Chedi go to sit in seclusion and meditation before emerging to battle the sage in Viswamitra?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 10,000 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. What is the woman in the woods carrying to her father in Lavana?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

3. What is the Storyteller also known as?
(a) The Pandit.
(b) The Pundit.
(c) The Philanthropist.
(d) The Pugilist.

4. What Sanskrit word refers to a "seer" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness?
(a) Ekaakii.
(b) Rishi.
(c) Aagatavaan.
(d) Etaavaan.

5. The Sanjivini mantra is an incantation that can _____________.
(a) Bring the dead back to life.
(b) Heal the sick.
(c) Make it rain.
(d) Ensure bountiful crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chudala, what beautiful woman appears and asks Sikhi-Dhvaja to take her as his wife?

2. When she returns to the forest to check on her husband's progress, Chudala finds Sikhi-Dhvaja emaciated and ___________.

3. Whose ambition it is to enter heaven in his earthly form in Viswamitra?

4. What god is referred to as the destroyer in Devi?

5. What god is referred to as the protector in Devi?

(see the answer key)

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