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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allows Hanuman to leap to Lanka?
(a) He is lighter than the weight of the other monkeys
(b) He is the son of the wind
(c) He was given gifts by the gods
(d) He acquired a great deal of merit and is awarded with physical abilities

2. Why does Suka remain loyal to Ravana, even though he sees he is about to die?
(a) He partook of the same life as Ravana
(b) He had taken him for his king
(c) He knew that his fate was the same as Ravana's
(d) He had done too much evil to turn against Ravana

3. What incident does Sita ask Hanuman to recall to Rama?
(a) Their marriage
(b) The crow attacking her
(c) Their exile together
(d) His breaking the bow

4. How many warriors does Ravana have in Lanka?
(a) 8 million
(b) 640,000
(c) 1 million
(d) 320 million

5. Why do Rama and Sita have to return to Ayodhya?
(a) Another demon army is poised to invade Ayodhya in Rama’s absence
(b) Bharata has pledged to kill himself if they have not returned
(c) Rama has a narrow astrological window to establish himself as king.
(d) Bharata is going to rule forever if they are not back by the right time

6. What are Ravana’s white robes compared to as he looks over the walls at Rama’s army?
(a) Purity
(b) Fame and glory
(c) Death and time
(d) Authority and power

7. What was pulled into the air by Hanuman’s leap?
(a) Sand
(b) Planets
(c) Flowers
(d) Stars

8. Who does Hanuman defeat with a single blow?
(a) Ravana
(b) Lanka herself
(c) General Prahasta
(d) Trijata

9. Where do the monkeys and bears go after Rama’s coronation?
(a) Malaya
(b) Himalya
(c) Kishkindhya
(d) Dandaka

10. What does Rama tell Ravana’s spies?
(a) That they will be executed
(b) That they need to be detained indefinitely
(c) To return and they will not be harmed
(d) To see all they need to see

11. Who does Rama say really knows life?What gossip darkens Sita’s image in Rama’s eye?
(a) That she must have consorted with Ravana
(b) That she did not want to return to Ayodhya
(c) That she must have wanted to flee Rama
(d) That she had a child with Ravana

12. Who saves Hanuman from Ravana’s torture?
(a) Brahma
(b) Trijata
(c) Indra
(d) Sita

13. What does Queen Mandodari return to Sita?
(a) Rama's ring
(b) Her yellow robe
(c) Her scarf and jewels
(d) Her perfume and oils

14. What is the first thing Ravana thinks about each morning?
(a) His wives
(b) Sita
(c) Rama
(d) His power

15. Who defeats the demon army single-handedly on the third morning of the war?
(a) Hunuman
(b) Jambavan
(c) Sugriva
(d) Rama

Short Answer Questions

1. Which demon’s head is hit so hard that it is driven down into his belly?

2. What is Ravana’s response to Time when Time comes for Ravana’s life?

3. Rama says that he will fight Ravana but not whom?

4. What does Hanuman do with the bracelet Rama gives him?

5. For how long does Rama reign in Ayodhya?

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