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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sumantra find after he leaves Rama and Sita in the woods?
(a) Dasaratha's kingdom has become corrupt
(b) Dasaratha's kindergarten is withering
(c) Bharata has become a tyrant
(d) Dasaratha's kingdom is in flower

2. What does Guha find remarkable about Bharata?
(a) That he would not give up his kingdom
(b) That he has not already killed his mother
(c) That he has stifled his own desire to rule
(d) That he allowed Rama to be exiled

3. What is Rama’s response when Bharata asks him to return and be king?
(a) He asks Bharata to fulfill the exile himself
(b) He refuses
(c) He says that he is not Rama
(d) He agrees to return

4. What saved Guha’s life?
(a) His innocence
(b) His inability to imagine civilization
(c) His determination to kick the statue of Shiva
(d) His refusal to come inside a palace

5. How do humans win favors from gods in the Ramayana?
(a) By besieging their castles
(b) By acquiring merit
(c) By praying
(d) By purchasing favors

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sumantra’s opinion, when Dasaratha asks him for his thoughts about putting Rama on the throne?

2. What compromise do Rama and Bharata reach?

3. What do the Valakhila saints say war is preferable to?

4. What does Garuda bring back from heaven to ransom his mother?

5. What work does the Ramayana follow after?

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