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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story Devi, Mahisha claims that no woman has weapons other than ______________.
(a) Her brain and her hands.
(b) Her eyes and her brain.
(c) Her eyes and her curves.
(d) Her curves and her eyes.

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

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

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

5. What does the goddess Devi wield in each arm?
(a) A different animal.
(b) A different religious text.
(c) A different weapon.
(d) A different fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Viswamitra, Sabala does not want to leave her sage and asks that she be allowed to create men to ________.

2. The storyteller in Devi concludes by saying that whoever recites this prayer of thanksgiving on _________ will find protection from evil.

3. In Chudala, Sikhi-Dhvaja is a young prince who is interested in nothing but ______________.

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

5. What ancient kingdom does Lavana rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Manmata's arrows when he shoots them in the beginning of Manmata?

2. What does Chudala do in order to find her happiness? What does Sikhi-Dhvaia note about her change?

3. What does King Chedi come upon in the beginning of Viswamitra?

4. How does Yayati encounter Deyayani in the story Yayati?

5. Who does Brahma create in the beginning of Manmata? Why?

6. What obstacles face Kacha once he becomes Sukracharya's pupil in Yayati?

7. Describe Sikhi-Dhvaia in the beginning of Chudala. How old is he?

8. What is King Chedi's response to his dinner invitation in the beginning of Viswamitra? How is it explained?

9. What moral lesson does King Lavana learn from his encounter with a magician?

10. How does Chudala test her husband's ability to make no distinction between yielding and resisting?

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