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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Ravana's sons does he send to attack a giant monkey?
(a) Vibhishana.
(b) Kubera.
(c) Indrajit.
(d) Hanuman.

2. Who is the mother of the five Pandava brothers in Draupadi?
(a) Kunthi.
(b) Kamalatmika.
(c) Khandoba.
(d) Krishna.

3. Savriti tells her father that she found the man she wishes to marry __________.
(a) In a hermitage.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) The market.
(d) By the sea.

4. The name Shakuntala means "one who was brought up in the forest by" what creature?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Fish.
(d) Snakes.

5. Who is Nala's brother that challenges Nala to a game of dice?
(a) Paranjay.
(b) Pushkara.
(c) Prachur.
(d) Padmaj.

6. Nala is the ruler of what kingdom?
(a) Rajasthan.
(b) Haryana.
(c) Nishadha.
(d) Karnataka.

7. What happens to Kovalan after the goldsmith reports him for theft in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He is fined.
(c) He is told to leave and never come back.
(d) A hand is cut off.

8. What in Sanskrit refers to the foremost poet or fountainhead of poetry?
(a) Kavi Chidira.
(b) Locaka Adi.
(c) Chidira Locaka.
(d) Adi Kavi.

9. Which of Rama's emissaries is the son of the god of wind and endowed with extreme strength in Ravana?
(a) Kubera.
(b) Vibhishana.
(c) Indrajit.
(d) Hanuman.

10. What in ancient India was a practice of choosing a life partner from among a list of suitors, by a girl of marriageable age?
(a) Swayamvara.
(b) Asaadhu.
(c) Saadhvasaadhu
(d) Apadravya.

11. Who is Angada's father in Ravana?
(a) Vishwakarma.
(b) Vishnu.
(c) Vibhishana.
(d) Vali.

12. Kannagi would have redemption in how many days, according to the gods in The Mispaired Anklet?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

13. What step-brother of Ravana's is a man of great respectability because of his tapas?
(a) Kubera.
(b) Dasagreeva.
(c) Nandi.
(d) Soorpanakha.

14. Where does Damayanti get dropped off by a caravan while seeking her husband Nala?
(a) Himachal.
(b) Sikkim.
(c) Chedi.
(d) Jharkhand.

15. What mountain gets in Ravana's way when riding home after vanquishing his brother's lands?
(a) The Kangyatse mountain.
(b) The Kailas mountain.
(c) The Kapilash mountain.
(d) The Kalanag mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders Madhavi destroyed by fire in The Mispaired Anklet?

2. Valmiki composed how many stanzas of the Ramayana?

3. With what sage does Rama decide to live with in the forest as an example to his people in Valmiki?

4. Who visits Valmiki and tells him the prophecy of a great man, born into the race of Ikshvahus?

5. With whom does Kovalan have an affair with in The Mispaired Anklet?

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