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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rudra's successor as a Hindu god?
(a) Savitr.
(b) Siva.
(c) Visvadevas.
(d) Pusan.

2. Who is the mother of the gods?
(a) Aditi.
(b) Siva.
(c) Yami.
(d) Mitra.

3. In "Vena", Soma is the _____ who roars as he mingles with the waters.
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Bull.
(c) Lion.
(d) Elephant.

4. What is the name of the god of formal hospitality to strangers?
(a) Savitr.
(b) Aryaman.
(c) Ushas.
(d) Rudra.

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

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

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

8. Why does Apala's husband supposedly hate her in the later commentaries associated with "Apala and Indra"?
(a) She has a skin disease.
(b) She is unfaithful.
(c) She is frigid.
(d) She is lazy.

9. In "Have Mercy on Us, Rudra", Rudra's hair is braided or piled on top of his head in a _____.
(a) Basket.
(b) Tangled mess.
(c) Chignon.
(d) Pyramid.

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

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

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

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

14. The family of sages who praise Dawn in "Dawn and the Asvins" are called _____.
(a) Asvins.
(b) Brahmins.
(c) Gotamas.
(d) Asturas.

15. In stories associated with "Apala and Indra", what is the second skin that is sloughed off of Apala?
(a) An eagle.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A snake.
(d) A frog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Urvasi is a _____.

2. Parsu's name,as mentioned in the notes for "Indra and the Monkey", means _____.

3. In "Parjanya, the Bull", what is Parjanyas' enormous deadly weapon?

4. Pusan presides over _____.

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

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