Week 4: Buck's Ramayana (pp. 1-109)Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources |
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Which statement is false?
a. Indra begged Vishnu to accept birth as a man.
b. Dasaratha sent Rama and Lakshmana to go with Visvamitra.
c. Narayana is another name for Siva.
d. At Pulastya's request, the Haihaya king freed Ravana.
Which statement is false?
a. The rakshasas multiplied till there was no more room in Lanka.
b. Airavata is the name of Indra's heaven.
c. Valmiki put the story of Rama into verse.
d. Narayana emptied Lanka City of rakshasas.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama and Lakshmana became Visvamitra's students.
b. Kaikasi and Visrava had four rakshasa children.
c. Indrani was the queen of heaven.
d. The sons of Sukesa were Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana.
Which statement is false?
a. Vishnu beheaded Mali while Sumali and Malayan fled.
b. Sita saw Rama from the window and fell in love with him.
c. Vaisravana disguised himself as an elephant.
d. Valmiki cursed the hunter who had shot the bird with an arrow.
Which statement is false?
a. Meghanada bound Indra and locked him in prison.
b. Hema the apsarasa was the mother of Mandodari.
c. Janaka's priests performed the marriage of Rama and Sita.
d. The Battle of Heaven happened one year before Rama's birth.
Which statement is false?
a. Visvamitra taught Rama the secrets of heavenly weapons.
b. The Naga kingdoms are underground.
c. Ravana locked Siva in prison under Mount Kailasa.
d. Pushpaka was as big as a small city and needed no horses.
Which statement is false?
a. Manibhadra hurled the palace gate on top of Prahasta.
b. Prahasta led Ravana into Yama's realm.
c. Ravana and his son Meghanada went down into the Naga kingdom.
d. Vishnu sleeps on the coils of the serpent Sesha.
Which statement is false?
a. The rakshasas attack men at night and eat their flesh.
b. Dasaratha had three wives who gave him four sons.
c. Pulastya was born from the mind of Brahma.
d. Ravana was the thousand-armed king of the rakshasas.
Which statement is false?
a. Indra used a thunderbolt to destroy the Gandharva army.
b. Indra rewarded the peacock by giving it a beautiful tail.
c. Satrughna and Bharata were inseparable.
d. Rama had to exile Sita because of gossip.
Which statement is false?
a. Meghanada was the son of Ravana and Surpanakha.
b. The rakshasas were defiling Visvamitra's sacrifices.
c. Kaikeyi was the mother of Bharata.
d. Brahma appeared before Ravana just before he cut off his last head.
Which statement is false?
a. Janaka had found Sita in a ploughed furrow in the earth.
b. Valmiki wears the skin of a tiger and his throat is blue.
c. All cities of men surrendered to Ravana except the Haihaya people.
d. Brahma restored Ravana's burnt heads better than new.
Which statement is false?
a. Sita's twin sons were named Kusa and Lava.
b. Gautama created a beautiful woman named Ahalya.
c. Ravana hit Manibhadra with a mace on the head, denting his skull.
d. Ravana had not requested protection from men or from animals.
Which statement is false?
a. Vaisravana had nowhere to live so his father sent him to Lanka.
b. Chandra the moon surrendered to Ravana.
c. Maya offered Mandodari to Ravana as his wife.
d. Vayu the fire god heated the stoves in Ravana's kitchens.
Which statement is false?
a. Yama disguised himself as a crow.
b. Manibhadra, the king of the yakshas, was Vaisravana's friend.
c. Visrava told Vaisravana to abandon Lanka and go to the Ayodhya.
d. Yama made it so that the crow would never die unless killed.
Which statement is false?
a. Arjuna of the Thousand Arms was king of the Haihaya people.
b. Apsarasas are heavenly dancing women.
c. Sumitra was the mother of Rama and Bharata.
d. Parvati, Siva's consort, trembled when Ravana shook their home.
Which statement is false?
a. Varuna made the swan white.
b. The rakshasa swallowed Narada but the heat made him spit him out.
c. Ravana chose Manibhadra as the general of his army.
d. Kumbakarna the giant was the second-born son of Kaikasi and Visrava.
Which statement is false?
a. Varuna disguised himself as a swan.
b. Lakshmana killed the demon Subahu.
c. Vasuki was a god with the head of an elephant.
d. Chitraratha slammed the Gates of Heaven shut to keep Ravana out.
Which statement is false?
a. Gautama took Ahalya's beauty and gave it to others.
b. Ravana rescued Indrani and Chitraratha during the battle.
c. Ravana was jealous when he saw the brilliant Treasure Lord.
d. Rama's three brothers married three daughters of Janaka.
Which statement is false?
a. Amaravati was Indra's elephant.
b. Lakshmana and Rama were inseparable.
c. Indra planned to defy Ravana, unlike the other gods.
d. Dasaratha told Vasishtha to make a sacrifice so he could get sons.
Which statement is false?
a. Vasuki was the king of the Nagas, or serpents.
b. The Vaitarani River runs through the country of Kosala.
c. Vaisravana and Ravana were both sons of Visrava.
d. Kausalya, Dasaratha's first wife, ate half of the rice.
Which statement is false?
a. Every year, Ravana would cut off one of his hands and cast it into the
fire.
b. Visvakarman built Lanka City on Lanka for the rakshasas.
c. Kausalya was the mother of Rama.
d. Ravana was the first-born son of Kaikasi and Visrava.
Which statement is false?
a. Sumitra was Dasaratha's charioteer.
b. The demons Maricha and Subahu attacked Visvamitra's sacrifice.
c. Ravana shook the hill that was Siva's home.
d. The demon girl Surpanakha was the sister of Ravana and Kumbakarna.
Which statement is false?
a. Gandharvas are underworld serpents.
b. Sumali saw Vaisravana's treasures in Lanka and got angry.
c. Gautama said that Ahalya would be freed by Rama.
d. Brahma came to Lanka to get Indra out of prison.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana stole women, ate men, and destroyed trees and pavilions.
b. Brahma granted Vibishana a boon and he asked to always remember Dharma.
c. Chitraratha is the thousand-armed king of the Haihaya people.
d. Visvamitra taught powerful mantras to Rama and Lakshmana.
Which statement is false?
a. Visvakarman made Pushpaka, the mind-driven chariot.
b. Ravana attacked Chitraratha with his sword.
c. When Rama touched Siva's bow, it burst into flames.
d. Ravana flew in Pushpaka up to the Sun.
Which statement is false?
a. Sumitra ate from the bowl of rice two times and had two sons.
b. Brahma granted a boon to Ravana, in awe of his powers of will.
c. Indra made Ahalya the queen of heaven.
d. Ravana and all the rakshasas from underground came to Lanka.
Which statement is false?
a. Visvamitra wanted Rama's help to battle demons.
b. Brahma appointed Vaisravana as lord of treasures, riches, and wealth.
c. Siva has a deadly third eye.
d. In exchange for Ravana's magical chariot, Siva set Ravana free.
Which statement is false?
a. Indra disguised himself as a peacock.
b. Ravana had 10 heads with two fangs in every mouth.
c. Kumbhakarna asked for the gift of always acting according to Dharma.
d. Sumali sent his daughter Kaikasi to have sons by Visrava.
Which statement is false?
a. Kailasa is a sacred river that flows into the Ganges.
b. Vaisravana gave the lizard a golden head.
c. While Valmiki sat still, ants built an anthill on him.
d. Meghanada could change his form at will.
Which statement is false?
a. Narada the white bull is the vehicle of the god Siva.
b. The Haihaya king hit Ravana with a huge golden club.
c. Vibishana the good demon was Ravana's brother.
d. Rama kept a golden statue of Sita after her departure.
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