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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agni do for Indra after Indra seduces Gautama’s wife?
(a) Restore his male parts
(b) Gives him magical powers
(c) Instruct him in making offerings
(d) Restore his vision

2. Who is Rama descended from?
(a) The sun
(b) The earth
(c) The underworld
(d) The ocean

3. What delays Rama’s search for Sita?
(a) The rainy season
(b) The hunt
(c) Visits from various kings
(d) Festivals

4. Who fashioned the five elements of the world?
(a) Indra
(b) Devi
(c) Brahma
(d) Narayana

5. What does Bharata answer when Bharadwaja says that he knows that the king is dead?
(a) That the king's death has to be avenged
(b) That Rama is the king
(c) That he is king now
(d) That the king was murdered

6. What do Guha’s bones say when Bharata shows up looking for Rama?
(a) He is king now
(b) He is ready for training in the forest
(c) He should not be hindered
(d) He is suspicious

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

8. What does Lakshmana propose to do on hearing that Rama is to be banished?
(a) Find a suitable place for Rama's exile
(b) Kill Dasaratha
(c) Prepare Rama's things for exile
(d) Kill Kaikeyi

9. What equipment of Rama’s does Agastya replace?
(a) His arrows
(b) His bow
(c) His quiver
(d) His sandals

10. Complete the following statement: Rama and Lakshmana learned two mantras, one for strength, and one for ________.
(a) Insight
(b) The ability to fly
(c) More strength
(d) Cunning

11. For how long had Rama and Sita been married when Dasaratha says that he wants Rama to rule?
(a) 10 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 12 years

12. What do the queens do in Dasaratha’s name, after his funeral?
(a) Give gifts
(b) Say prayers
(c) Dedicate temples
(d) Light fires

13. Who came to take Dasaratha away, after he told the story of why Rama had had to be taken?
(a) Yama
(b) Kama
(c) Kala
(d) Vishnu

14. How does Maricha get Ravana interested in killing Rama?
(a) He describes the beauty of Rama's kingdom
(b) He describes the renown he would earn
(c) He describes Sita's beauty
(d) He describes the power he would wield with the gods who would protect Rama

15. What is the importance of the golden hill Meru?
(a) It is the center of the universe
(b) It is the center of earthly wealth
(c) It is the oldest of the titans
(d) It is the tallest mountain

Short Answer Questions

1. What brings Valmiki out of the anthill?

2. Who offers Sita food?

3. Where does Sumantra put Dasaratha’s body after he dies?

4. Why does Bharadwaja bless Kaikeyi?

5. What does Maricha say forest hermits have been doing, in hopes of Ravana’s death?

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