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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chedi tell the Ultimate God he wants to wield in Viswamitra?
(a) The Brahma Astra.
(b) The Tasya Aagamana
(c) The Adya Divaa.
(d) The Tasya Vaartaa.

2. Who is referred to as the Ultimate God in Viswamitra?
(a) Rishi.
(b) Sabala.
(c) Sandhya.
(d) Iswara.

3. The storyteller in Devi concludes by saying that whoever recites this prayer of thanksgiving on _________ will find protection from evil.
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

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

5. What female does Brahma create to enrich the universe in Manmata?
(a) Devi.
(b) Devayani.
(c) Sabala.
(d) Sandhya.

6. How many arms does the goddess Devi have?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 18.

7. In Viswamitra, the mightiest of the kingly race is a king named __________.
(a) Brahma.
(b) Vasishta.
(c) Chedi.
(d) Vishnu.

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

9. In the end of Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja claims that man's greatest guru is what?
(a) His wife.
(b) His first born son.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

10. Every demon, according to the storyteller, seeks what in Devi?
(a) Blood.
(b) Souls.
(c) The innocent.
(d) Immortality.

11. What great sage is master of the Sanjivini mantra in Yayati?
(a) Devayani.
(b) Brihaspati.
(c) Sukracharya.
(d) Kacha.

12. What word refers to pleasure and enjoyment in Sanskrit?
(a) Bhoga.
(b) Krodha.
(c) Kuzala.
(d) Naama.

13. Mahisha intends to make the goddess Devi __________.
(a) An advisor.
(b) A slave.
(c) His queen.
(d) His mistress.

14. What word means buffalo in Sanskrit?
(a) Sudarzana.
(b) Maruka.
(c) Sunayana.
(d) Mahisha.

15. The magician in Lavana claims to use nothing but _______ for his magic.
(a) His hands.
(b) His feet.
(c) His mind.
(d) His eyes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The goddess Devi sends word that she wants Mahisha to either come and face her, or return where?

3. Kumbha claims that the curse put on him makes him turn into ___________ every night.

4. Whom do the gods decide to sent into the realm of the demon king Vrishaparva, to study as Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?

5. Who is Sukracharya's daughter in Yayati?

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