Week 3: Narayan's Ramayana (pp. 89-171)Assignments - Reading Guide A - Reading Guide B - Ramayana Resources |
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Which statement is false?
a. Tara strongly urged Vali to go fight Sugriva.
b. Vali was shocked that Rama had shot him.
c. Rama remembered how he had mocked Kooni when he was young.
d. Jatayu and Sampathi flew to heaven to catch a glimpse of the gods.
Which statement is false?
a. After Vali did not emerge, the cave was blocked to trap Mayavi.
b. Jatayu and Sampathi were sons of Vayu, the god of the wind.
c. The sun god got angry at Jatayu and Sampathi and burned Sampathi.
d. Sampathi flew away to take up the duties of the dead Jatayu.
Which statement is false?
a. A veena is a musical instrument.
b. Hanuman and Angada traveled south till they reached the ocean.
c. Sugriva fled to Mount Meru where Vali could not go.
d. Hanuman thought Rama could defeat Vali.
Which statement is false?
a. Vali assisted in the churning of the ocean.
b. The elephant Gajendra helped Sampathi to recover from his fall.
c. Sugriva wore a garland so that Rama could identify him in the fight.
d. Dundubhi was a demon in the shape of a buffalo.
Which statement is false?
a. Vali gained half of the strength of any opponent he fought.
b. Sugriva gave Rama Sita's jewelry and promised to help find her.
c. Rama headed south to Kishkinda, looking for Sita.
d. The woman of the underground city was previously a fish.
Which statement is false?
a. Dharma is the discus weapon wielded by Vishnu.
b. Sita was terrified by Rama's seeming call for help.
c. Vali initally accused Rama of acting like a criminal not a warrior.
d. Sugriva had promised to come with an army after the rainy season.
Which statement is false?
a. When his feathers were burned away, Sampathi fell to the ground.
b. Sugriva waited 28 months for Vali to return from chasing Mayavi.
c. Ravana carried Sita away by grabbing her by the hair.
d. Sugriva was luxuriating in his bed chamber when Lakshmana arrived.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama had to stay in the forest and not in Sugriva's city.
b. Rama felt sorry for Sugriva because he had lost his wife and was in exile.
c. Jatayu died before he could say which way Ravana went with Sita.
d. Hanuman was the son of Aruna, the sun god's charioteer.
Which statement is false?
a. Hanuman planned to step across the ocean to Lanka.
b. After Vali's death, Angada was crowned king.
c. Tara and Angada grieved over Vali's death.
d. Rama told Hanuman how to recognize Sita.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana stabbed Jatayu and cut off his wings.
b. Rama sent Lakshmana to remind Sugriva of his promise.
c. Vali hurled Dundubhi's carcass so it fell near the sage Matanga.
d. Lakshmana was stricken with terror by Rama's cry for help.
Which statement is false?
a. Sugriva's advisors told him not to go in the cave after Vali.
b. Lakshmana was an incarnation of the sun god.
c. Vali took Sugriva's wife for his own.
d. Nectar was the food of the gods which made them immortal.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana had 12 heads and 24 shoulders.
b. Ravana wanted Sita to be his queen.
c. Rama shot an arrow through 7 ancient trees as proof of his skill.
d. Sita threw down her jewelry where the monkeys found it.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana came to Sita disguised as a golden deer.
b. Vali commended Sugriva and Hanuman to Rama as companions.
c. Sampathi was Jatayu's elder brother.
d. Rama told Sugriva to never say hurtful words to anyone.
Which statement is false?
a. Sita wanted Lakshmana to go save Rama.
b. The Kaliyuga is the first, and best, age of the world.
c. When Sampathi heard the name Rama, his feathers grew back.
d. Lakshmana was uncertain what to do when surrounded by Tara and the women.
Which statement is false?
a. Vali used Dundubhi's own horn to gore him to death.
b. Sita greeted the old hermit (really Ravana) politely.
c. Rama immediately felt sympathy for Sugriva.
d. Tara was Vali's mother.
Which statement is false?
a. The only inhabitant of the underground city was a bear.
b. Hanuman saw Rama and Lakshmana when they arrived at Kishkinda.
c. Sampathi learned of Jatayu's death from Hanuman's words.
d. Sita told Ravana to go away before Rama returned.
Which statement is false?
a. Sampathi's redemption would come when he heard the name Rama.
b. Ravana said it was beneath his dignity to fight humans.
c. Sugriva vowed he would not get drunk again.
d. Vali chased the demon Dundubhi underground.
Which statement is false?
a. Angada contemplated suicide because their search mission had failed.
b. Vali finally considered his encounter with Rama to be a blessing.
c. Because Vali had taken his wife, Matanga cursed him.
d. Angada was Vali's son.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana had the power to fly through the air.
b. Maya is a term meaning righteousness or order.
c. Sita threatened to kill herself if Lakshmana did not go help Rama.
d. Hanuman and Angada were sent to search the south.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama greeted Sugriva gladly after the rainy season.
b. Rama gave one of his arrows to Hanuman as a sign for Sita.
c. Ravana could not touch a woman without her consent or he would die.
d. The demon Mayavi challenged Vali.
Which statement is false?
a. Sugriva went with Lakshmana to see Rama.
b. Before dying, Vali designated his son Angada as his successor.
c. Sampathi barely survived his plunge to earth.
d. Sugriva told Rama he had seen Ravana carrying off Sita.
Which statement is false?
a. Lakshmana made a funeral pyre of Dundubhi's bones.
b. Vali claimed that, as a monkey, human rules did not apply to him.
c. Rama recognized that Hanuman was not the scholar he pretended to be.
d. Hanuman realized that Rama was Vishnu incarnate.
Which statement is false?
a. Matanga had cursed Vali so that he if he went on Mt. Matanga he would die.
b. Jambavan was a bear.
c. Vali realized immediately that it was Rama who had shot him.
d. Vali was about to kill Sugriva when Rama struck him with an arrow.
Which statement is false?
a. When Ravana got angry, he lost his disguise.
b. Vali saw the name Rama written on the arrow.
c. Sampathi had seen Ravana carrying Sita to Lanka.
d. Kodanda is the name of Ravana's overpowering sword.
Which statement is false?
a. Rama denounced Vali for having killed the demon Dundubhi.
b. Hanuman and Angada found a deserted underground city.
c. Angada became Sugriva's yuvaraja, or second-in-command.
d. Vali finally broke out of the cave, enraged at having been trapped.
Which statement is false?
a. Lakshmana kicked down the bolted gates of Sugriva's city.
b. When Lakshmana looked at Tara he was reminded of Sita.
c. Rama's arrow pierced Vali in the chest.
d. Hanuman, Sugriva, and Vali are monkeys.
Which statement is false?
a. Kishkinda is a kingdom inhabited by monkeys.
b. Vali is the younger brother of Sugriva.
c. Sampathi protected Jatayu in the shadow of his wings.
d. Sugriva challenged Vali to a fight while Rama hid.
Which statement is false?
a. Ravana's ensign had the symbol of a axe.
b. Sugriva wanted to follow into the cave in search of his brother.
c. Hanuman and Angada were trapped in a tunnel.
d. Hanuman can grow to any size he wants.
Which statement is false?
a. Sugriva mustered a huge army to help Rama.
b. Sampathi tried to rescue Sita from Ravana.
c. Vali laughed when Sugriva challenged him.
d. After the rainy season ended, Rama grew optimistic.
Which statement is false?
a. Tara suspected Rama might be helping Sugriva.
b. Rama hurried back home after killing Maricha.
c. Vali cursed Rama with his dying words.
d. Tara greeted Lakshmana when he entered Sugriva's city.
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