Week 6: Buck's Ramayana (pp. 219-324)Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources |
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Which statement is false?
a. Rama fell dead, pierced by Indrajit's arrow.
b. Thunder-Tooth created a phantom Sita and then killed her.
c. Trijata disguised herself as a wasp to spy on Ravana.
d. Sardula and Sarana were spies for Ravana.
Which statement is false?
a. Indrajit's chariot was drawn by snakes.
b. Ravana asked Indrajit to kill Rama and Lakshmana.
c. After the slaughter, Indrajit meditated under the banyan tree.
d. Sugriva shielded Rama from Indrajit's axe and died.
Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman grabbed Indrajit's sword but it turned into a woman.
b. Trijata was Ravana's chief wife.
c. The rakshasi guardians took Sita in Pushpaka to see the slain warriors.
d. Sardula and Sarana changed into monkeys in order to spy on Rama's army.
Which statement is false?
a. Prahasta planned to feed Rama's flesh to his friends.
b. Indrajit created a phantom Sita.
c. Trijata had heard a rumor that Indrajit had killed Rama.
d. Vibhishana sought shelter with Suka.
Which statement is false?
a. Prahasta was a flying chariot.
b. Jambavan sent Hanuman to Medicine Hill in the Himalya.
c. Indrajit prayed to Brahma to give him his rewards.
d. Rama sent Angada as an envoy to Ravana.
Which statement is false?
a. Trijata tried to console Ravana by saying Indrajit had died a warrior's
death.
b. Nala used one of Prahasta's chariot wheels to attack Prahasta.
c. Ravana was angry at Vibhishana for suggesting they return Sita.
d. Rama cut off both of Kumbhakarna's arms, but Kumbhakarna kept attacking.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana wept after Kumbhakarna was killed.
b. Hanuman had no time to dig so he grabbed the whole mountain.
c. Prahasta led an attack by day but had to retreat.
d. Vibhishana was able to heal his own wound with herbs from the Asoka grove.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana said he had nothing to fear from animals.
b. When Rama sliced off Kumbhakarna's two legs, the giant fell.
c. Ravana wanted to kill Sita and Suka urged him to do it before daybreak.
d. The squirrels rolled in the dirt to collect sand for building the bridge.
Which statement is false?
a. Kumbhakarna urged Ravana to enjoy his other wives, and return Sita to Rama.
b. Prahasta's chariot was pulled by snakes.
c. Angada was Sugriva's son.
d. Rama shot an arrow into the ocean and cursed it.
Which statement is false?
a. Angada managed to overturn Prahasta's chariot.
b. Suka urged Ravana to fight Rama in the darkness of the night.
c. Sugriva was suspicious of Vibhishana.
d. Samudra had long white hair and a green robe.
Which statement is false?
a. Kumbhakarna thought Ravana had violated Dharma.
b. Indrajit cut the phantom Sita in half with his sword.
c. It took five years to build the bridge to Lanka.
d. Samudra agreed to be bound by a bridge.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana wept at the news of his son's death.
b. As they left Kishkindhya, Angada carried Lakshmana, Hanuman carried Rama.
c. Ravana claimed Prahasta had beheaded Rama.
d. Hanuman's father the Sun heated the mountain so that it began to steam.
Which statement is false?
a. Trijata assured Sita that Rama was alive.
b. Nala confronted Prahasta's attack.
c. Rama's arrow was able to slice off Kumbhakarna's right arm.
d. The squirrels used soft nutmeats to fill in gaps in the bridge.
Which statement is false?
a. Trikuta was one of the rakshasis guarding Sita.
b. The phantom Sita seemed to cry out for help.
c. Indrajit challenged Lakshmana to single combat.
d. Ravana went to Sita and broke Rama's bow into pieces.
Which statement is false?
a. The monkey Nala is the son of Viswakarman.
b. When he was caught, Sarana was terrified and simply vanished.
c. The bears painted their faces to go to war.
d. According to Kumbhakarna, only kings are allowed to take other men's wives.
Which statement is false?
a. Samudra was a vulture, the brother of Jatayu.
b. Lightning-Tongue and Thunder-Tooth were magicians.
c. Kumbhakarna's head rolled into the sea and sank.
d. Trijata realized that if Pushpaka allowed Sita to ride, she was not a widow.
Which statement is false?
a. Lakshmana used Agastya's arrow to behead Indrajit.
b. Vibhishana urged Ravana to return Sita to Rama.
c. Kumbhakarna promised to kill Rama and drink his blood.
d. Suka sent Thunder-Tooth and Lightning-Tongue to spy on Rama's army.
Which statement is false?
a. Indrajit explained that Dharma takes no sides in battle.
b. Vibhishana wants to preserve the rakshasa race.
c. Ravana accused Vibhishana of trying to betray him.
d. The fur on the backs of squirrels show where Rama stroked them.
Which statement is false?
a. While Indrajit is in his chariot he cannot lose a fight.
b. The backs of squirrels are marked from a whipping they got from Sugriva.
c. Rama had dark green skin.
d. As Malyavan got older, he looked more and more like a man.
Which statement is false?
a. Whatever Nala throws onto water will float.
b. Vibhishana assured Hanuman that the Sita slain by Indrajit was an illusion.
c. Elephants sprayed Kumbhakarna's face with cold water to wake him up.
d. Indrajit used Sita's hair as reins for his chariot.
Which statement is false?
a. Vibhishana would help Rama but refused to fight his own people.
b. Kumbhakarna the giant slept six days for every day he was awake.
c. Lakshmana's arrows knocked the ladle from Indrajit's hand.
d. Rama could hear the sound of Indrajit approaching but he could not see him.
Which statement is false?
a. Kumbhakarna was Ravana's son.
b. Indrajit denounced Vibhishana as a traitor for having revealed him to the
enemy.
c. The hawk Suka was Ravana's minister.
d. Hanuman was a white monkey.
Which statement is false?
a. Kumbhakarna drank two thousand vats of war-wine.
b. Hanuman stole medicines from Ravana's palace to revive Rama and his allies.
c. Lightning-Tongue created an illusion of Rama's bloody head.
d. Nala led the effort to build a bridge across the ocean to Lanka.
Which statement is false?
a. Finally, Rama beheaded Kumbhakarna.
b. Vibhishana saw through the disguises of Sardula and Sarana.
c. Malyavan was an old Naga prince who lived in Lanka.
d. Trijata had seen Rama wounded but did not believe it was real.
Which statement is false?
a. Kumbhakarna finally agreed to fight Rama on Ravana's behalf.
b. Indrajit flew in a chariot with the phantom Sita.
c. Pushpaka was a flying chariot drawn by snakes.
d. Hanuman tells Jambavan and Lakshmana that he saw Indrajit kill Sita.
Which statement is false?
a. Sugriva and Hanuman quarreled about whether to trust Vibhishana.
b. Trijata revealed to Sita that Indrajit was actually a coward.
c. Ravana spirited the corpses of the dead rakshasas into the sea.
d. Rama sent Sardula back to Ravana unharmed.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana went to Indrajit to ask for his help a second time.
b. The squirrels came to help build the bridge.
c. Samudra told Rama they were friends, not enemies.
d. Half of Ravana's army defected with Vibhishana to Rama's side.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama's arrow was able to pierce Kumbhakarna's armor.
b. Sita refused to believe that the bloody head was Rama's.
c. Hanuman explained that Vibhishana had saved his life.
d. Malyavan had asked Viswakarman to build Lanka City long ago.
Which statement is false?
a. Kumbhakarna wanted Ravana to share Sita with him.
b. Samudra the Water King is the Ocean's soul
c. Medicine Hill glows with plants brought from the moon.
d. Hanuman flew up and bit Kumbhakarna's ear.
Which statement is false?
a. Suka announced to Ravana that Indrajit was dead.
b. Vibhishana used his powers to reveal Indrajit's hidden grove.
c. Indrajit's chariot was drawn by snakes.
d. Kumbhakarna said Vibhishana was right to go over to Rama's side.
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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%.