2. What is Rudra the embodiment of?
(a) Peace and death.
(b) Cleverness and thievery.
(c) Wildness and unpredictable danger.
(d) Love and wisdom.

3. What does Apala want to do for Indra to get him to help her in "Apala and Indra"?
(a) Give herself to him.
(b) Press Soma.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Sacrifice a horse.

4. What is another name for the 'axis mundi' mentioned in "Guard Us from the Monstrous Abyss"?
(a) The navel of the world.
(b) The lightning of Agni.
(c) The daylight in the rock.
(d) The Soma.

5. For what is 'the house of clay' a metaphor?
(a) Death.
(b) The body.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) The earth.

6. According to the author, who is the only Vedic goddess of any true stature?
(a) Yami.
(b) Siva.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Aditi.

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

8. Who are 'those who eat serpents' most likely to be in "Savitr at Sunset"?
(a) Dogs of war.
(b) Birds of prey.
(c) Maruts.
(d) Sages.

9. The three vats in "Parjanya, the Cow" are clouds full of rain or vessels full of _____.
(a) Sap.
(b) Soma.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Milk.

10. Parsu's name,as mentioned in the notes for "Indra and the Monkey", means _____.
(a) Cow.
(b) Song.
(c) Rib.
(d) Sacrifice.

11. The word for exertion of religious activity in "Agastya and Lopamudra" is _____.
(a) Prostrate.
(b) Toil.
(c) Pray.
(d) Conversion.

12. What is the name of Yama's twin?
(a) Yami.
(b) Yamindra.
(c) Yamani.
(d) Yamo.

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

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

15. The overturned cask is a frequent metaphor for a _____.
(a) The loss of life.
(b) The loss of Soma.
(c) A torrent of rain.
(d) An earthquake.