Week 6: Buck's Ramayana (pp. 219-324)

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

Reading Quiz: A

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. Sukra was Ravana's general.
b. Dadhimukha was the guardian of the Honey Park.
c. Vayu used the wind to lead his son Hanuman towards Sita.
d. When the guards asked Sita about Hanuman, she denied any knowledge of him.

Which statement is false?
a. Sugriva forgave the bears and monkeys for carousing in the Honey Park.
b. Sita gave Hanuman a gold earring to deliver to Rama.
c. The asoka trees had long clusters of red flowers.
d. Hanuman was able to change size and shape at will.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman looked at the women in Ravana's bedroom, trying to find Sita.
b. Ravana had thin scars where he had cut off his heads.
c. Indrajit captured Hanuman with the spell of Siva's noose.
d. Hanuman took on the form of a mouse.

Which statement is false?
a. The demon king Ravana wore ten crowns, one on each head.
b. When Sampati ate food, new feathers began to grow.
c. Hanuman hid in a tree in the grove and awaited the dawn.
d. The god Agni has a third eye.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman was afraid he had burnt Sita as he set fire to Lanka.
b. Both Sampati and one of his sons witnessed the abduction of Sita.
c. Viswakarman was the chief priest of Lanka.
d. Jambavan is the king of the bears.

Which statement is false?
a. Viswakarman considered Pushpaka a failure, suitable only for demons.
b. Sita was thin from grief and fasting.
c. Because he was a monkey, Hanuman ate no cooked foods.
d. Unlike Ravana, Vibhishana is good-hearted and honorable.

Which statement is false?
a. Sita gave Hanuman a pearl to take back to Rama.
b. Brahma had cut off the wings of the mountains.
c. Hanuman began to suspect that Sita might be dead, because he could not find her.
d. Jambumali was crushed by a falling stone.

Which statement is false?
a. Prahasta is Ravana's general.
b. The rakshasi guards seemed as if they were going to kill Sita and eat her.
c. The rakshasas brought Hanuman into Ravana's court.
d. Sita was wearing a bright red robe, trimmed with diamonds.

Which statement is false?
a. The sheets of Ravana's bed were trimmed with diamonds.
b. The mountains all used to have wings like Mainaka.
c. Hanuman wrestled with Sinhika and broke her neck.
d. Agni is the god of fire.

Which statement is false?
a. The gravel on the garden paths in Lanka was made of jewels.
b. Every morning when he awoke, Ravana thought of Sita.
c. Indrajit is Ravana's good-hearted brother.
d. Hanuman was the son of Vayu, the wind god.

Which statement is false?
a. The bears and monkeys got drunk in the Honey Park.
b. Ravana ordered Vibhishana to capture Hanuman.
c. Hanuman turned into a small size and crushed Sinhika's heart.
d. Hanuman realized he should not expect to find Sita in Ravana's bedroom.

Which statement is false?
a. All of the rakshasas in Lanka were incredibly ugly.
b. Indra told Mainaka to keep his wings as a reward for helping Hanuman.
c. Sita defied Ravana and told him to send her home.
d. Sinhika opened her mouth to swallow Hanuman.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman prowled through Ravana's palace disguised as a cat.
b. Sampati had protected Jatayu by shadowing him with his wings.
c. Trijata had seen the destruction of Ravana in a dream.
d. Mainaka was hiding in the ocean to escape the heat of the sun.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman uprooted Ravana's lawns and gardens.
b. The mountain Mainaka rose up to block Hanuman's leap to Lanka.
c. Ravana had been scarred by Airavata, Indra's elephant.
d. The distance from the shore to Lanka was 100 leagues.

Which statement is false?
a. Dadhimukha told Sugriva about the carousing in the Honey Park.
b. The rakshasi guardians around Sita were beautiful creatures but with ugly voices.
c. Vultures have incredible powers of eyesight.
d. Hanuman told Rama that Sita had resisted Ravana and remained true to him.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman told Sita about Rama's alliance with the monkeys and the bears.
b. The rakshasa female Sinhika grabbed Hanuman's shadow.
c. Mandodari is Ravana's chief wife.
d. At rest, Pushpaka was submerged beneath the lake of Lanka.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman told Sampati that Jatayu was dead.
b. Lanka kicked Hanuman and Hanuman punched her between the eyes.
c. Although Sita defied him, Ravana never lost his temper with her.
d. Indrajit used his powers to quench the fire caused by Hanuman.

Which statement is false?
a. Sampati's wings had been burnt by the sun.
b. Sugriva kept honey wines in his Honey Park.
c. Hanuman prowled Lanka by the light of the full moon.
d. Pushpaka is a celestial weapon.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman promised Sita he would come back with Rama.
b. Even in captivity, Sita was beautiful.
c. Rama was waiting with Sugriva for news about Sita.
d. The wings of the mountains became the waves of the sea.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman explained to Ravana that he had jumped to Lanka.
b. Lanka was a beautiful place.
c. Ravana stole Rama's ring from Hanuman before he could give it to Sita.
d. Ravana wore ten crowns, one on each head.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman cheered Rama who was in despair over the loss of Sita.
b. Sampati believed that Ravana had taken Sita away with him to the Himalyas.
c. Hanuman called out to Sita in animal language.
d. Dadhimukha attacked the drunken bears but they just laughed at him.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman gave Rama the pearl that Sita had entrusted to him.
b. Sita did not think she could survive for more than another month.
c. Hanuman brought news to Rama that Sita was alive.
d. Jambumali turned himself into a cat in order to battle Hanuman.

Which statement is false?
a. The Wind cooled the fire on Hanuman's tail.
b. Vibishana is Ravana's son.
c. Hanuman asked Rama to promise to kill Ravana.
d. Hanuman touched Mainaka with his finger but did not stop to rest.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman began to weep when he imagined Sita was dead.
b. The rakshasi guards didn't understand why Sita resisted Ravana.
c. Prahasta wanted to release Hanuman in order to provoke a war with Rama.
d. Indrajit ordered that Hanuman's tail be set on fire.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman found wine and food in Ravana's bedroom, but no women.
b. Angada was delighted that Hanuman had found Sita.
c. Sampati is the brother of Jatayu.
d. Ravana found Indrajit engaged in spiritual practices.

Which statement is false?
a. The Wind carried Mainaka to safety into the sea.
b. Hanuman showed Sita how he could change shapes at will.
c. Ravana had stolen the Pushpaka chariot from Vaisravana.
d. The demon king Ravana has seven heads.

Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman became a cat so he could roam around Lanka.
b. For thousands of years, Sampati's wings were useless.
c. Indrajit was the son of Prahasta.
d. The wind led Hanuman to Ravana's Asoka Grove.

Which statement is false?
a. Sita prayed that the fire not burn Hanuman's tail.
b. When Hanuman saw Mandodari, he fell in love with her.
c. Sita thought at first that Hanuman was an illusion.
d. Jambavan told Hanuman he should make the jump to Lanka.

Which statement is false?
a. Sinhika lived on Mount Mainaka.
b. Ravana spoke sweetly to Sita, trying to seduce her.
c. Hanuman set the mansions and houses of Lanka on fire.
d. Mainaka is the son of Himavan the Mountain King.

Which statement is false?
a. The rakshasi guard Trijata threatened to kill Sita.
b. Vibhishana refused to cut off Hanuman's head as Ravana ordered.
c. Lanka appeared to Hanuman as a woman wearing a bleeding tiger skin.
d. Sita wept when she heard Hanuman speak Rama's name.

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