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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident does Sita ask Hanuman to recall to Rama?

2. How old are Kusa and Lava when they come to tell the Ramayana at the festival?

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

4. Who saves Hanuman from Ravana’s torture?

5. Who tells Sita the story of Kaikeyi’s two wishes, which had sent Rama and Sita into exile in the first place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the chariot Pushpaka.

2. How did Mainaka come to be at the bottom of the sea?

3. How is Ravana killed?

4. What success does Indrajit have on the battlefield?

5. How do Rama and Samudra and Ocean Lord resolve the question of the bridge to Lanka?

6. What advice does Khumbakarna give Ravana before he goes to fight?

7. Why does Rama banish Sita?

8. Describe Sita’s interaction with Ravana as Hanuman is watching.

9. Describe Hanuman’s leap.

10. What happens to Queen Mandodari after Ravana’s death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What topics would you like to research further after reading the Ramayana? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on the Ramayana.

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the audience for the Ramayana? What is the ideal reader for the Ramayana likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

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