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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. What weapon does Ravana give his son with which to attack a giant monkey?
(a) The Unmattacitta Aarii.
(b) The Ekaakii Idaaniimapi.
(c) The Ekaakii Astra.
(d) The Brahma Astra.

2. What red-robed, red-eyed figure looming nearby with a noose in his hands does Savriti encounter in the woods?
(a) Madhavi.
(b) Yama.
(c) Narada.
(d) Kannagi.

3. In what kingdom is Nala befriended by the king?
(a) Kerala.
(b) Punjab.
(c) Rituparna.
(d) Tripura.

4. How many heads did Ravana have at birth?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. 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) Apadravya.
(d) Saadhvasaadhu

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nala save a serpent from in Nala?

3. Rama is the incarnation of what god in Valmiki?

4. What bad omen did Kovalan fail to see in front of him at the marketplace in The Mispaired Anklet?

5. Where does Rama strike a deadly blow in Ravana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Savitri do when her husband's death is coming near in Savitri?

2. Who does Savitri discover by her husband in the forest in Savitri? What does she say to him?

3. What does a serpent give Nala in repayment for saving him?

4. What causes the downfall of Kovalan in The Mispaired Anklet?

5. Where does King Nala find himself after Damayanti's Swayamwara is announced?

6. Why does Ravana attack his brother? What does he steal from him?

7. Describe the figure of Valmiki. What great work did he compose?

8. What do the king and queen of Madurai do upon learning of the wrongs done to Kovalan in The Mispaired Anklet? What does Kannagi do?

9. What does Ravana hear of Rama throughout the city? What is his impression?

10. What is Sita's reaction to Ravana once she has been kidnapped?

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