Week 2: Narayan's Ramayana (pp. 1-89)Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources |
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Which statement is false?
a. Rama shot at the golden deer but was not able to kill it.
b. Lakshmana insisted on accompanying Rama into exile.
c. Maricha warned Ravana to keep away from Rama.
d. Ravana fell madly in love with Śurpanakha's description of Sita.
Which statement is false?
a. Kaikeyi insisted on accompanying Rama into exile.
b. Kamavalli said she was the daughter of Pulastya, son of Brahma.
c. Rama told Ravana's sister to leave before Lakshmana arrived.
d. Ravana's sister was accompanied by demons led by Kara.
Which statement is false?
a. Bharata came to Rama at Chitrakuta as a suppliant, weeping.
b. Rama was unmoved when he heard of his father's death.
c. Agni, the god of fire, had to light the lamps in Ravana's palace.
d. Kara commanded a demon army to protect Śurpanakha.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama agreed that if Śurpanakha did not leave, they would have to kill her.
b. Śurpanakha saw Kara defeated and went to Lanka to tell Ravana.
c. Lakshmana cut off Śurpanakha's hands and feet.
d. Kara was Ravana's step-brother.
Which statement is false?
a. Bharata went to Chitrakuta to beg Rama to return.
b. Śukracharya was the guru for the asuras.
c. Jatayu had been a life-long enemy of Daśaratha.
d. Ravana stole the Kalpataru from Indra.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama told Lakshmana to guard Sita while he chased the golden deer.
b. Sita saw the golden deer, who was Maricha in disguise.
c. Lakshmana urged Rama to control his anger at Kaikeyi.
d. The message recalling Bharata to Ayodhya did not mention Daśaratha's death.
Which statement is false?
a. Kaikeyi told Bharata that Rama had gone to live in the forest.
b. Ravana told Maricha to take the form of a golden deer.
c. Kausalya sent tree bark to Rama to use as forest clothes.
d. Ravana once kept the sun and the moon in captivity.
Which statement is false?
a. Maricha preferred to be killed by Rama rather than by Ravana.
b. Panchvati was located on the banks of the Godavari river.
c. Lakshmana wanted to be one to capture the golden deer for Sita.
d. Bharata took Rama's sandals with him when he left Chitrakuta.
Which statement is false?
a. Śurpanakha planned to get rid of Sita.
b. Lakshmana thought Bharata was coming to Chitrakuta to attack them.
c. The gods commanded Bharata to rule as king in Rama's absence.
d. Bharata was delighted when he learned what Kaikeyi had done.
Which statement is false?
a. Sita asked Rama to catch the golden deer for her.
b. Śurpanakha was tormented by her lovesickness for Rama.
c. Ravana was burning hot with love for Sita.
d. Dandaka was a little village outside Ayodhya.
Which statement is false?
a. Rahu was another name for Sita.
b. Kausalya realized Bharata was innocent in Kaikeyi's plot.
c. Rama respected Kaikeyi's claim on behalf of Bharata.
d. Bharata did not go into Ayodhya but stayed in Nandigram.
Which statement is false?
a. Sita was reluctant to accompany Rama into exile.
b. Bharata was outraged when he learned what Kaikeyi had done.
c. Maricha realized this attack on Rama would be his death.
d. Kamavalli's real appearance was as a hideous demon.
Which statement is false?
a. When Sumantra brought news of Rama's departure, Daśaratha died.
b. Lakshmana's mother Sumitra bewailed Rama's exile.
c. The people were delighted when they heard of Rama's exile.
d. Kaikeyi informed Bharata that Daśaratha was dead.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana summoned the moon to cool him because he was hot with love.
b. Ravana had given Dandaka forest to his sister.
c. Kara and his army defeated Rama, driving him deeper into the forest.
d. Rama planned to destroy the asuras in the forest.
Which statement is false?
a. Maricha had twice tried to kill Rama already.
b. Janaki is another name for Sita.
c. Sita was angry that Rama did not immediately go get the golden deer.
d. Manmatha is the god of death.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama had killed Maricha's mother Thataka.
b. Kamavalli's real name was Śurpanakha.
c. Śurpanakha and 14 asura commanders came to attack Rama.
d. Ravana found Maricha meditating high up in a tree.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama's ultimate goal was to get revenge on Kaikeyi.
b. Maricha told Ravana that taking another man's wife was wrong.
c. Ravana got angry at both the sun and the moon.
d. Yama is the god of death.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama accepted the requirements of his exile calmly.
b. Maricha was Ravana's brother.
c. Brihaspathi was the guru of the gods.
d. Śurpanakha told Ravana to take Sita and give Rama to her.
Which statement is false?
a. Śurpanakha disguised herself as a golden deer.
b. Kamavalli admitted she was Ravana's sister.
c. Kamavalli said she was the half-sister of Kubera.
d. Jatayu was a divine being in eagle form.
Which statement is false?
a. Lakshmana built a hut in the forest with mud and bamboo.
b. One day Rama met an amazingly lovely woman in the forest.
c. Maricha went to Ayodhoya to find Rama.
d. Ravana's capital was at Lanka.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama only followed the golden deer for a short way.
b. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita visited sages in their forest ashrams.
c. Vayu, the wind god, had to sweep Ravana's palace.
d. Kamavalli explained that she rejected her rakshasa origins.
Which statement is false?
a. Daśaratha's body was preserved in oil, awaiting his funeral.
b. Bharata put Rama's bow on the throne and ruled as regent.
c. Ravana was outraged when he saw Śurpanakha's mutilation.
d. Rama told Vasishtha to comfort Daśaratha in his absence.
Which statement is false?
a. Maricha became a golden deer decorated with precious stones.
b. Jatayu led Rama, Sita and Lakshmana to Panchvati.
c. Rama killed Śurpanakha, Kara, and the 14 asura commanders.
d. Brihaspathi and Śukracharya had to serve Ravana as advisors.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama moved deeper into the forest to get away from the crowds.
b. The beautiful woman in the forest said her name was Kamavalli.
c. Lakshmana was furious when he learned what Kaikeyi had done.
d. Bharata went to Chitrakuta in his war chariot, armed with weapons.
Which statement is false?
a. Śurpanakha told Ravana that Sita had stolen her jewelry.
b. Śurpanakha still loved Rama even after being mutilated.
c. Ravana's sister treated Sita rudely, shouting at her.
d. Śatrughna, not Bharata, lit Daśaratha's funeral pyre.
Which statement is false?
a. The Kalpataru was a magic tree.
b. Lakshmana spared Śurpanakha's life out of respect for Ravana.
c. When Jatayu heard of Daśaratha's death, he wanted to end his life.
d. Lakshmana caught Śurpanakha as she was stalking Sita.
Which statement is false?
a. Sumantra supplied Rama with a chariot for going into exile.
b. Yama, the god of death, sounded the gong to tell time in Ravana's palace.
c. The dying Maricha screamed for help using Lakshmana's voice.
d. Both Bharata and Vasishtha wanted Rama to come back to Ayodhya and be king.
Which statement is false?
a. Sita wanted to have the golden deer as a pet.
b. Kara vowed death to all humans when he saw Śurpanakha mutilated.
c. Daśaratha's wife Kausalya gave her jewelry and clothes to Sita.
d. Rama told Śurpanakha his mission was to destroy all rakshasas.
Which statement is false?
a. Narada had to light the lamps in Ravana's court.
b. Kamavalli explained that she was in love with Rama.
c. Rama's exile was to last 14 years.
d. Ravana enslaved the gods and made them his servants.
Which statement is false?
a. Kamavalli claimed that she rejected Ravana's cruel ways.
b. Lakshmana warned that the golden deer could be an illusion.
c. Kamavalli wanted to marry Rama by the Gandharva marriage rite.
d. Ravana had fifteen heads.
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