विर्जिनियाविश्वविद्यालय:
 अल्पपरीक्षा  ( 9 / Nov / 2004 )    
A.  Identify forms of nouns (gender, number, and case).   Translate:
      1.  धेनू:
      2.  तरो
      3.  मतये
B. Find the nominal stem for the following declined forms:
      4.  इषुषु  =>
      5.  रज्जौ  =>
C.   Produce the forms of the noun that are specified:
      6. 'with devotion'  (instrumental singular of   भक्ति )     =>
      7. 'O teachers!'  (vocative plural of   गुरु )     =>
      8. 'of poets'  (genitive plural of   कवि )     =>
D.   Applying rules of   सन्धि  translate into Sanskrit:
      9. 'only a vine here'     =>
 
    10.  'these (two) sages, too'     =>
 
E.   Bonus for 1 point:  Translate while applying the relevant rules of  सन्धि :
    11.  'Elephants are animals who have no enemies except men.'     =>
 
        (Think: 'Elephants are those animals of which there are no enemies except men.' )