Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Listening to the Past: Conversations Between Rama and Sita from the Ramayana

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1. Which of these best describes the Ramayana?

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Correct: The answer is c. The fifty thousand verses of the Ramayana were meant to be recited out loud. Hearing it recited was said to bring religious merit.
Incorrect: The answer is c. The fifty thousand verses of the Ramayana were meant to be recited out loud. Hearing it recited was said to bring religious merit.
1. Which of these best describes the Ramayana?

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2. When Rama visited Sita prior to his exile, what did he ask of her?

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Correct: The answer is d. Determined to protect Sita from Bharata’s anger, Rama advised her to avoid antagonizing him by boasting of Rama’s virtues.
Incorrect: The answer is d. Determined to protect Sita from Bharata’s anger, Rama advised her to avoid antagonizing him by boasting of Rama’s virtues.
2. When Rama visited Sita prior to his exile, what did he ask of her?

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3. Why did Sita become angry when Rama asked her to remain behind when he went into exile?

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Correct: The answer is c. Sita believed that a husband and wife shared a single fate.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Sita believed that a husband and wife shared a single fate.
3. Why did Sita become angry when Rama asked her to remain behind when he went into exile?

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4. Which of these notions of marriage is suggested by this passage from the Ramayana?

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Correct: The answer is d. The passage portrays the ideal marriage as a profound, emotional, and eternal bond.
Incorrect: The answer is d. The passage portrays the ideal marriage as a profound, emotional, and eternal bond.
4. Which of these notions of marriage is suggested by this passage from the Ramayana?

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5. Why did Rama initially refuse to take Sita into exile with him?

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Correct: The answer is d. Once Sita had demonstrated the depth of her desire to join him in exile, Rama relented and revealed his own wish that she come with him into the forest.
Incorrect: The answer is d. Once Sita had demonstrated the depth of her desire to join him in exile, Rama relented and revealed his own wish that she come with him into the forest.
5. Why did Rama initially refuse to take Sita into exile with him?