Week 7: Buck's Ramayana (pp. 325-432) Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources

Reading Quiz: B

TAKE PRACTICE QUIZ

Which statement is false?
a. Lakshmana was distressed by Rama's order to abandon Sita.
b. Kaikeyi was nine years old when she was Dasaratha's charioteer.
c. Satrughna found Sita in Valmiki's hermitage, but did not tell Rama.
d. Valmiki told Kusa and Lava to sing the Ramayana in parts, a bit each day.

Which statement is false?
a. After almost ten thousand years, Sita became pregnant.
b. Sumantra was the royal charioteer of Ayodhya.
c. Lakshmana rejoined his wife in Ayodhya.
d. Lakshmana and Sumantra left Sita on the shore of the Sarayu River.

Which statement is false?
a. Lakshmana knew he would die if he disturbed Rama and Time.
b. Valmiki named Sita's sons Kusa and Lava.
c. Sumantra explained that it was destined for Rama to live alone, without Sita.
d. King Aja was Sumantra's father.

Which statement is false?
a. Rama was prepared to let Bharata keep the kingdom of Kosala if he wanted it.
b. Anyone who disturbed Rama's meeting with Time would have to die.
c. Kaikeyi used her own hair to bandage Dasaratha's wounds.
d. The people gossiped about how Sita had lived with Ravana.

Which statement is false?
a. Angada was the son of Vali.
b. With a song, Narada had created a new house in Valmiki's hermitage.
c. Chitraratha waited by the gate of heaven as the souls flew up from earth.
d. Time came to Ayodhya dressed as a minstrel.

Which statement is false?
a. Sita gave her pearl necklace to Hanuman.
b. Durvasas was a hermit who achieved tranquility by renouncing all desire.
c. The queens Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi died and were reunited with Dasaratha.
d. King Janaka was husband to Earth and he loved her.

Which statement is false?
a. Sita asked Rama for permission to prove her innocence.
b. The demons surrendered to the brahmin and his wife in the name of King Aja.
c. Bharata sat on the throne in Ayodhya, awaiting Rama's return.
d. Hanuman showed that the name of Rama was written on the bones of his body.

Which statement is false?
a. The demons went to the forest king Guha seeking refuge from Vishnu.
b. Lakshmana entered the room and told Rama that Durvasas needed to see him.
c. From the air, Rama showed Sita Rishyamuka Hill where he first met Hanuman.
d. Bharata wept tears of joy at hearing news of Rama from Hanuman.

Which statement is false?
a. Princess Kaikeyi was Dasaratha's charioteer in the war with the drought demons.
b. Earth reached out her arms and took Sita on her lap.
c. Time required a private meeting with Rama.
d. Rama jumped into the Ganges River and so ended his life.

Which statement is false?
a. Vishnu killed the brahmin's wife and beheaded the demons.
b. Kaikeyi was a courageous charioteer.
c. Hanuman found Bharata looking for Rama in Dandaka Forest.
d. Manthara came to Sita to ask for forgiveness.

Which statement is false?
a. Sita asked Earth to receive her if she had been faithful to Rama.
b. Janaka told Rama that whatever he had done was in service of Dharma.
c. Vasishtha was king during the time of the war with the drought demons.
d. Kusa and Lava were accompanied by a lute and a drum as they sang.

Which statement is false?
a. Durvasas the hermit was Sita's father.
b. Chitraratha was the Gandharva King.
c. When Sita swore her oath, four great nagas emerged from the earth.
d. Kaikeyi had shimmering green armor of silk and steel.

Which statement is false?
a. Rama gave food to the hermit Durvasas who then left without a word.
b. Earth looked at Janaka, her husband, and smiled at him.
c. Rama had a golden statue of Sita that would stand beside him at the festival.
d. As young men, Satrughna and Dasaratha fought against the asuras of drought.

Which statement is false?
a. Durvasas would condemn all of Kosala to death if he did not get to see Rama.
b. Mother Earth arose out of the ground on a throne of rubies and sandalwood.
c. Trees grew from the fragments of Shiva's bow which Rama had broken.
d. Rama sent an invitation to the monkeys and bears to come to the festival.

Which statement is false?
a. Sita dwelled with Valmiki for twelve thousand years.
b. Vibhishana was the demon king of Lanka after Ravana's death.
c. Sita's father was King Janaka of Mithila.
d. Manthara promised to be Sita's faithful servant.

Which statement is false?
a. Lakshmana guarded the door so no one could disturb Rama and Time.
b. Valmiki came to Sita dressed in shimmering blue robes..
c. Mount Kailasa is in the Himalayas.
d. Everyone at the festival stopped what they were doing to listen to Kusa and Lava.

Which statement is false?
a. Rama told Lakshmana and Sumantra to go with Sita to the Ganges and abandon her.
b. Vibhishana and the old rakshasi Trijata came to the festival.
c. Satrughna invited Valmiki and all his household to the festival.
d. Aja fought against Indra in the war against the drought demons.

Which statement is false?
a. Rama gave a golden bracelet to Hanuman as a final gift.
b. Vibhishana was immortal so he could not accompany Rama in the end.
c. Rama sent Hanuman ahead to announce their arrival to Bharata.
d. Gandharvas are the serpent lords of the underworld.

Which statement is false?
a. The old brahmin wept over his wife who had been killed by Vishnu.
b. When he felt danger for Sita, Vibhishana went to Narada.
c. Sampati the king of the bears came to Rama's festival.
d. Hanuman bowed to Rama's sandals when he landed at Nandigram.

Which statement is false?
a. Sumantra believed that Sita's banishment had been foretold.
b. King Aja cursed Vishnu for having killed the brahmin's wife.
c. Rama invited Janaka, Sita's father, to the festival.
d. Rama gave Hanuman the ring that said Rama, which Hanuman had carried to Sita.

Which statement is false?
a. Narada is another name for Vishnu.
b. Hanuman said the golden bracelet was worthless because it did not bear Rama's name.
c. The throne holding the Earth and Sita sank down into the ground.
d. Guha was glad that there were no longer demons in the forest.

Which statement is false?
a. Janaka told Rama that there was no blame for what had happened.
b. Sugriva sent Hanuman to fill a jar with water from the world's five hundred rivers.
c. Sita gave birth to twin sons and twin daughters..
d. Durvasas came to get food from the King after a long fast.

Which statement is false?
a. Sugriva gave Rama water from all the world's rivers as a gift.
b. Vishnu praised the old brahmin for giving shelter to the demons.
c. The gods praised Sita as she vanished into the ground.
d. Lakshmana's body fell into the Sarayu River and he died.

Which statement is false?
a. As Sita was driven to the Ganges, Vibhishana felt alarm for her.
b. Vishnu arrived on Garuda to defeat the drought-demons.
c. Rama wanted to hold the festival in Naimisha Forest.
d. Indra hurled a thunderbolt that cut Kaikeyi's hand.

Which statement is false?
a. Bharata was waiting, dressed in bark cloth, and Rama's sandals were on the throne.
b. Kaikeyi saved Dasaratha from death as their chariot plunged to earth.
c. Kusa and Lava sang from the Ramayana at the festival each day for a thousand years.
d. Vishnu holds a conch and a wheel, a mace and a lotus.

Which statement is false?
a. Even though he was distressed, Lakshmana could not disobey Rama.
b. Vasishtha cursed Vishnu to be born on earth as the wife of a brahmin.
c. Vaisravana lives on Mount Kailasa.
d. Satrughna heard Kusa and Lava singing as he slept in Valmiki's hermitage.

Which statement is false?
a. In return for nursing his wounds, Dasaratha granted boons to Kaikeyi.
b. Ravana had stolen Pushpaka from Vishnu.
c. Rama ruled for a thousand years more after Sita's disappearance.
d. Valmiki told Sita to make his hermitage her home.

Which statement is false?
a. Jambavan and Hanuman both live on earth so long as the Ramayana is heard.
b. Vaisravana is the treasure lord.
c. Rama ruled for twelve hundred years after the defeat of Ravana.
d. Bharata told Hanuman they had seen him carrying the red-hot mountain.

Which statement is false?
a. Bharata tied Rama's sandals back on Rama's feet.
b. Pushpaka asked permission to return to Vaisravana.
c. Narada is one of the great sages, famous for his music.
d. Sugriva gave Kishkindhya to Vibhishana so he could accompany Rama.

Which statement is false?
a. The Ganges spoke to Sita, inviting her to plunge into the river's waters.
b. The sage Durvasas officiated at Rama's coronation.
c. Sumantra spoke a spell so that the forest creatures would protect Sita.
d. Sugriva, Hanuman and Jambavan came to the festival

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