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. Vasishtha urged Sumantra to accept the situation.
b. Rama wanted Lakshmana to accompany him in exile.
c. Before departing, Rama locked up all his possessions in the treasure room.
d. Vasishtha used mantras to protect Rama and Sita before the coronation.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama was glad that the citizens of Kosala accompanied him into exile.
b. When the Tamasa river rose up, Rama had to stop for the night.
c. Rama asked Dasaratha to lift the curse he had put on Kaikeyi.
d. The parents of the slain boy asked Dasaratha to end their lives.
Which statement is false?
a. Sumantra carried Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana in his chariot to the Ganges.
b. Kausalya was happy to hear that Rama would become king.
c. Dasaratha was secretly grateful that Kaikeyi insisted on Bharata becoming
king.
d. Bharadwaja recommended that Rama go to Chitrakuta Hill.
Which statement is false?
a. The people of Ayodhya followed Sumantra's chariot.
b. Manthara persuaded Kaikeyi to ask Dasaratha to make Bharata king.
c. During the night, Kausalya and Dasaratha died of grief.
d. Thinking she was protecting Bharata, Kaikeyi sent Rama into exile.
Which statement is false?
a. Manthara said Kausalya would treat Kaikeyi as a slave if Rama were king.
b. Guha died of a fever, and Yama's messengers came to get him.
c. When Sumantra returned to Ayodhya, Dasaratha was already dead.
d. The boy slain by Dasaratha was the only support of his two old parents.
Which statement is false?
a. Nandin's true form was that of a golden monkey.
b. Dasaratha agree to make Bharata king and exile Rama.
c. Dasaratha had gone hunting in Guha's forest together with Kaikeyi.
d. Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana headed south.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama did not want the citizens of Kosala to follow him.
b. Siva sent Nandin to rescue Guha's soul from Yama.
c. Sumantra drove Rama, Lakshmana and Sita into exile in a chariot.
d. Guha challenged Lakshmana to a wrestling contest.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama gave his cows to Vasishtha before going into exile.
b. The people of Kosala were upset when they awoke and found Rama was gone.
c. Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana lived in a cave in the valley of Chitrakuta.
d. Sumantra was Dasaratha's charioteer.
Which statement is false?
a. Guha had taught Dasaratha the language of the animals.
b. At first, Kaikeyi was glad to hear Dasaratha would retire and make Rama
king.
c. Manthara was not happy that Rama was named king.
d. Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Sumantra bathed in the Ganges.
Which statement is false?
a. Every night Guha kicked the stone statue of Siva.
b. Guha was the king of Kekaya.
c. The tigers and lions of Chitrakuta had not seen humans before.
d. The Kosala council approved Dasaratha's choice of Rama as king.
Which statement is false?
a. Nandin rescued Guha and brought him to Siva.
b. Yudhajit was Bharata's maternal uncle.
c. Rama wanted Sumantra to return to Ayodhya to comfort Dasaratha.
d. Sumantra was Rama's paternal uncle.
Which statement is false?
a. While Bharata was gone, Dasaratha decided to make Rama king.
b. Kaikeyi gave Manthara a sack of rubies to celebrate Rama's coronation.
c. Dasaratha accidentally killed a young man, mistaking him for an elephant.
d. Dasaratha refused to let Sumantra accompany Rama into the forest.
Which statement is false?
a. Sumantra tried to persuade Dasaratha to refuse Kaikeyi's wishes.
b. Rama once shot a play arrow at Manthara's hump in jest.
c. Rama did not trust Bharadwaja so he refused Bharadwaja's invitation.
d. Guha was short and thin, and covered with tattoos.
Which statement is false?
a. Sita prayed to Ganga to protect Rama.
b. Sumantra tried to persuade Dasaratha to change his mind.
c. Guha told the brahmins he did not want to worship Siva.
d. Bharata was Rama's uncle.
Which statement is false?
a. Bharadwaja invited Rama, Sita and Lakshmana to stay with him.
b. Rama sent his mother Kausalya to return to her father's house.
c. Satrughna and Bharata were inseparable.
d. Kausalya urged Rama to hide in her room for the fourteen years of exile.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama and Lakshmana wore armor beneath their clothes of bark.
b. The Chitrakuta river washes dirt from the skin and sins from the heart.
c. People celebrated the night before Rama's coronation.
d. Dasaratha went blind after Rama's departure.
Which statement is false?
a. Dasaratha knew the language of animals.
b. Guha knew Dasaratha well, but had never met Rama or Lakshmana.
c. Sumantra told Dasaratha how he had conducted Rama into exile.
d. The people followed Sumantra's trail thinking they would find Rama.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama agreed to go into exile and let Bharata become king.
b. Lakshmana was prepared to kill Dasaratha to prevent Rama's exile.
c. Guha wanted Dasaratha to teach him the language of animals.
d. The people of Kosala finally returned to Ayodhya.
Which statement is false?
a. Jatayu the vulture king taught Dasaratha the language of animals.
b. Siva regarded Guha, not the brahmins, as having been faithful to him.
c. Kaikeyi wanted Dasaratha to teach her the language of animals.
d. Rama and Lakshmana shaved their heads before going into exile.
Which statement is false?
a. A river rose up and blocked Yama's messengers from bearing Guha away.
b. Dasaratha saw a connection between his loss of Rama and the boy he had killed.
c. Dasaratha killed the parents of the dead boy and burnt them on the pyre.
d. If Dasaratha revealed the language of animals to anyone, he would die.
Which statement is false?
a. Dasaratha came to Kaikeyi in the anger room.
b. Rama did not want to stay with Bharadwaja because it was too near Ayodhya.
c. The vulture Jatayu carried Guha's soul back to his body.
d. Dasaratha asked Sumantra to take him to Rama but Sumantra refused.
Which statement is false?
a. Guha was glad to see Rama.
b. Lakshmana had gone away with Bharata to see their grandfather.
c. Manthara said Rama would kill Bharata if Bharata became king.
d. Dasaratha heard the rooster and the ram making fun of him.
Which statement is false?
a. Manthara had come with Kaikeyi from the land of Kekaya.
b. Rama asked Vasishtha to persuade the people to stay in Ayodhya.
c. The citizens of Kosala wanted to go with Rama into exile.
d. Bharadwaja was a hunter and the leader of a band of forest people.
Which statement is false?
a. Vasishtha was Dasaratha's charioteer.
b. Sumantra refused to accept Rama's exile.
c. Guha had taught Rama and Lakshmana when they were boys.
d. Aswapati, Kaikeyi's father, wanted to see Bharata.
Which statement is false?
a. Manthara the hunchback was one of Kaikeyi's maids.
b. Siva told Yama that he had rescued Guha as a reward for his devotion.
c. Guha had known Rama since he was a boy.
d. The rooster praised Dasaratha for agreeing to Kaikeyi's request.
Which statement is false?
a. Vasishtha predicted the people would quickly tire of the forest.
b. Dasaratha helped the gods in their war against the demons.
c. Sumantra said Ayodhya would be a disaster after Rama's departure.
d. At first, Guha was terrified when he saw Rama enter the forest.
Which statement is false?
a. Guha made the river Tamasa rise up and block the way.
b. Yudhajit was the brother of Kaikeyi.
c. Guha was a king in the forest.
d. Wolves kept Guha from kicking the statue one night.
Which statement is false?
a. Dasaratha mistook the sound of the young man for an elephant.
b. At first, Rama protested the term of exile, but finally he agreed.
c. Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana went to the hermitage of Bharadwaja.
d. Vasishtha had sent brahmins to Guha in the forest.
Which statement is false?
a. The Kosala council was divided in their opinion about Dasaratha's successor.
b. Sita and Rama gave away their possessions before going into exile.
c. Kausalya was Rama's mother.
d. Rama was to spend fourteen years in exile from Ayodhya.
Which statement is false?
a. Aswapati was the king of Kekaya.
b. At first, Rama wanted Sita to stay in Ayodhya during his exile.
c. Lakshmana built a house for them at Chitrakuta.
d. Dasaratha gave two wishes to Kaikeyi and two wishes to Manthara.
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