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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rudra is known as the punisher of _____.
(a) Murder.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Women.
(d) Incest.

2. Who are the sons and daughters of the father in "To Arms"?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Leaves.

3. What is the symbol of an unfaithful woman in "Pururavas and Urvasi"?
(a) The broken chalice.
(b) The broken twig.
(c) The eagle.
(d) The jackal.

4. _____ are both offenses and Varuna's punishment of those offenses.
(a) Laws.
(b) Broken chariots.
(c) Bags.
(d) Bonds.

5. The _____ in "Indra and the Monkey" is regarded as the indigenous inhabitant, regarded as demonic.
(a) Slave.
(b) Sage.
(c) Poet.
(d) Demi-god.

6. In "Varuna the Friend of Vasistha", where does the sun rest all night?
(a) In the rock of darkness.
(b) In the valley of the kings.
(c) In the heart of Vasistha.
(d) In the river.

7. _____ is incarnate as a goddess closely associated with the Asvins.
(a) Atri.
(b) Prsni.
(c) Night.
(d) Dawn.

8. 'A woman in need of help' in "The rescue of Atri" designates a woman _____.
(a) Who hasn't drunk Soma.
(b) In the pangs of labor.
(c) Who has no children.
(d) In mourning.

9. A 'yojana' is a measurement of _____.
(a) Time.
(b) Weight.
(c) Height.
(d) Distance.

10. The Maruts are _____ portrayed always as a group.
(a) Sun worshipers.
(b) Wind-gods.
(c) Fertility gods.
(d) Water-gods.

11. Varuna is called the _____ in the "Deeds of Varuna".
(a) Master of Horse.
(b) Emperor.
(c) Keeper.
(d) Lord of Soma.

12. In "Parjanya, the Bull", what is Parjanyas' enormous deadly weapon?
(a) A winged lion.
(b) A thunderbolt.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A scythe.

13. Who are the sky and earth parents of?
(a) The bull.
(b) The maruts.
(c) The sun.
(d) The stars.

14. Pusan presides over _____.
(a) Fertility and death.
(b) Roads and journeys.
(c) Mountains and hills.
(d) Sky and earth.

15. In "The House of Clay", Varuna casts his snares upon the offending worshiper in the form of _____.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dropsy.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Thirst.

Short Answer Questions

1. The three vats in "Parjanya, the Cow" are clouds full of rain or vessels full of _____.

2. What is the name of the god of formal hospitality to strangers?

3. Seven gods guard Soma, among whom _____ is the foremost.

4. In "Gambler's Lament", dice are born during a storm and cease to hang like _____ from the nut tree.

5. What is another name for the Maruts?

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