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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. Who comes to take Rama to death?

2. What draws Indrajit’s chariot?

3. When does Rama kill Ravana?

4. What does Rama tell Ravana’s spies?

5. Who does Hanuman defeat with a single blow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rama kill Khumbakarna?

2. What success does Indrajit have on the battlefield?

3. Describe the origins of the Ramayana.

4. How does Rama send a final warning to Ravana?

5. Describe the treasure room Vibhishana shows Hanuman.

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

7. Describe Rama and Sita’s return to Ayodhya.

8. How is this chapter different in this version than it is in the original?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you rewrite the Ramayana, if you were to adapt it and make it your own? What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

Essay Topic 2

What does the Ramayana tell the reader about the relations between men and women, husbands and wives? Using examples from the text, describe the poem’s lessons for relations between the sexes.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate your own reading of the Ramayana—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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