Week 5: Buck's Ramayana (pp. 110-218)

Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources

Reading Quiz: B

The following is a list of statements Multiple Choice questions. For each question, three statements are true and one statement is false. Your task is to identiy which of the statements is false. When you take the quiz, you will have 15 of these statements, chosen at random. You can take the quiz up to five times, and the system will record your average score.

Apply the 80% RULE when you are taking quizzes for these classes. In other words: don't stress about trying to get 100% on these quizzes. The quizzes are here to make sure you are ready to go on to the next activity. If you get 80% or better, you are ready to proceed. If you get less than 80% you need to go back and do the reading again (read more slowly, take notes) and take the quiz again, aiming for at least 80%.

TAKE PRACTICE QUIZ

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman saw the sun rise and thought it was a mango.
b. Sita wept over the dying Jatayu.
c. Visvamitra used to be a monkey.
d. Riksharaja asked Vayu the wind god to father a friend for Sugriva.

Which statement is false?
a. Rambha told Nalakubara that Ravana had raped her.
b. Vali is Sugriva's brother.
c. The yakshas took the stone Rambha to their palace garden.
d. In death Maricha became a gandharva, one of the celestial musicians.

Which statement is false?
a. Matanga had told Savari that Rama would come.
b. Sita was alarmed when she heard the sound of Rama's voice calling for help.
c. Riksharaja lived in an underground kingdom built by Maya.
d. Ravana cut off Jatayu's wings and he fell to the ground, dying.

Which statement is false?
a. Vali threw Dundhuvi's body up on Rishyamuka hill.
b. Himavan, the mountain king, looked like an old man with long white hair.
c. Hanuman was all alone and hungry after Sugriva abandoned him.
d. Rama used the garland to identify Vali and shot him.

Which statement is false?
a. Maya had built the underground kingdom where Swayamprabha lived.
b. Vali was older than Sugriva.
c. Ravana disguised himself as a golden deer.
d. Visvamitra turned Rambha to stone.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman had little golden circles on his palms that no one could see.
b. Hema the apsarasa was Maya's consort and the mother of Mandodari.
c. Indra and Surya both fell in love with the female Riksharaja.
d. Sugriva became king after Vali disappeared into the cave.

Which statement is false?
a. Prince Angada led the expedition to the south.
b. Matanga cursed Vali to die if he ever forced a woman against her will.
c. Hanuman appeared to Rama and Lakshmana as a poor woodcutter.
d. Tara was Vali's wife.

Which statement is false?
a. Sita saw two monkeys below them on the ground.
b. Ravana threatened to kill Maricha if he did not cooperate.
c. When Riksharaja washed her babies in the lake she turned to stone.
d. Vaisravana's yakshas thought Rambha was a statue.

Which statement is false?
a. Savari lit her own funeral pyre and walked into the flames.
b. Vali chased Dundhuvi into a cave and ordered Sugriva to wait outside.
c. All the other women gave in to Ravana except Rambha and Sita.
d. Jatayu and Dasaratha were born on the same day.

Which statement is false?
a. Swayamprabha deposited Hanuman and his companions on the sea shore.
b. Vali was Indra's son and Sugriva was Surya's son.
c. Savari saw Sita carried away by Ravana.
d. Dundhuvi's blood became the Lake Pampa.

Which statement is false?
a. Ravana offered Maricha his wife Mandodari in exchange for his help.
b. Riksharaja saw his reflection in the water and attacked it.
c. Vayu blew and saved Hanuman from being burnt by the sun.
d. Rama's arrow struck Vali in the heart.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman carried Rama and Lakshmana on his shoulders to meet Sugriva.
b. When Vali returned, Sugriva willingly renounced the kingship.
c. As Dundhuvi's body flew through the air, his blood fell to the earth.
d. Rambha fell in love with Ravana.

Which statement is false?
a. Ravana told Maricha to change himself into a golden deer.
b. Angada was Vali's son.
c. Hanuman jumped up and flew at the sun.
d. Kishkindhya was Sugriva's wife.

Which statement is false?
a. Vali exiled Sugriva for treason.
b. Hanuman was the son of Vayu and the apsarasa Hema.
c. Tara plunged Rama's arrow into her own heart and died.
d. Angada resolved to die because his mission had failed.

Which statement is false?
a. Sugriva and Hanuman lived on Rishyamuka hill.
b. When Hanuman fell he broke his jaw which angered Vayu.
c. Sita dropped her jewelry into Lake Pampa where Savari found it.
d. Rama gave Hanuman his golden ring as a token.

Which statement is false?
a. Maricha shouted "Help me!" using Rama's voice.
b. Lakshmana locked Sita in the house and told her to stay there.
c. Rahu the asura eats the sun, causing eclipses.
d. Jatayu smashed Ravana's chariot.

Which statement is false?
a. Rama and Lakshmana found Jatayu barely alive.
b. Dundhuvi wanted to challenge the Himalya mountains to battle.
c. Brahma granted Hanuman eternal life.
d. Riksharaja lived on Mt. Meru with Indra as his companion.

Which statement is false?
a. Surya created Sugriva to be a friend to Hanuman.
b. Ravana raped Rambha the apsarasa.
c. Vayu carried Hanuman to Siva who taught him to change forms.
d. A tear from Brahma's eye created the first monkey.

Which statement is false?
a. Surya was the sun god.
b. Indra brought food to Sita in secret.
c. Nandin, Siva's bull, taught Hanuman languages.
d. Sugriva had lost the ornaments that Sita had dropped, but he could describe them.

Which statement is false?
a. When Jambavan broke a branch of a rose bush, it bled.
b. Savari was one of Sugriva's worst enemies.
c. The sun travels around Mt. Meru, the center of the earth.
d. The sunlight turned the soil of Mt. Meru to gold.

Which statement is false?
a. Vayu made love to Anjana and Hanuman was born.
b. Sita was angry that Lakshmana did not believe Rama was in trouble.
c. Hanuman had golden fur and Sugriva was completely white.
d. Ravana was prevented from forcing Sita by a curse.

Which statement is false?
a. Indra' chariot came flying down to Savari's pyre and bore her away.
b. Tara urged Vali to be kind to Sugriva and return his wife.
c. When Riksharaja emerged from the water he had become a she.
d. Ravana used bears and monkeys to guard Sita.

Which statement is false?
a. Indra and Surya made love to Riksharaja and she had two babies.
b. Hanuman told Rama and Lakshmana that Ravana had stolen Sita.
c. Lakshmana was convinced the golden deer was real, and it scared him.
d. The sage Matanga was now dead but Savari still lived in his hermitage.

Which statement is false?
a. Brahma came and healed Hanuman's jaw.
b. Maricha though it would be better to be killed by Rama than by Ravana.
c. Vayu went to find the best-looking monkey in Kishkindhya.
d. When Anjana was killed by Dundhuvi, Hanuman was left all alone.

Which statement is false?
a. Dundhuvi's son Mayavi challenged Vali.
b. Maricha urged Ravana not to steal Sita
c. Jatayu pulled off Ravana's arms but they grew back.
d. Ravana had Sita imprisoned in a gold and silver cage.

Which statement is false?
a. Ravana offered to take Sita to Lanka and elevate her above all his other wives.
b. Ravana grabbed Sita and flew north.
c. Rama was able to see Hanuman's golden earrings.
d. Riksharaja went to live in heaven with Brahma.

Which statement is false?
a. Like Vali, Dundhuvi was very mean-spirited.
b. Ravana carried Sita away in his chariot.
c. Jambavan was the king of the bears.
d. Hanuman was the child of the sun god, Surya.

Which statement is false?
a. Ravana had hundreds of wives.
b. Dundhuvi wanted to challenge the Ocean waves to a battle.
c. Savari said Vali did wrong to take another's wife.
d. Nalakubara was Ravana's son.

Which statement is false?
a. Mt. Meru is at the center of the earth.
b. Sita stepped out of the circle to welcome the old man, who was really Ravana.
c. Vali kept Sugriva's wife Ruma as a prisoner.
d. Matanga cursed Ravana that his heads would burst if he forced a woman.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman attacked both Indra and Airavata.
b. Angada was the only who accompanied Sugriva into exile.
c. Jatayu attacked Ravana and made him fall from the chariot.
d. Ravana scoffed at Rama as a weakling

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