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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rama kill Vali?
(a) He has threatened Hanuman
(b) He has been pillaging the countryside
(c) He would not say where Sita was taken
(d) He has stolen Sugriva's wife

2. What does Ravana risk with his desire to steal Sita?
(a) Humiliation
(b) Death
(c) Loss of his powers
(d) War with the gods

3. Whose daughter does Ravana marry?
(a) The god of the ocean
(b) The god of the sun
(c) The god of the earth
(d) The god of illusion

4. Where does Hanuman leap to Lanka from?
(a) From Dandaka
(b) The Himalya hills
(c) The Malaya hills
(d) From Mainaka Hill

5. What is Ravana’s feeling about Rama’s name?
(a) He sings it aloud to himself to make himself angry
(b) He mutters it in spite of himself
(c) He has his army chant it to make Rama afraid
(d) He can't stand to hear it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Savari tell Rama to seek, in the midst of misfortune?

2. In what did Valmiki see Rama’s life?

3. What is the importance of the golden hill Meru?

4. For how long had Rama and Sita been married when Dasaratha says that he wants Rama to rule?

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

(see the answer key)

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