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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is another name for the Maruts?
(a) Rudras.
(b) Brahmins.
(c) Visnus.
(d) Asvins.

3. Seven gods guard Soma, among whom _____ is the foremost.
(a) Indra.
(b) Vayu.
(c) Agastya.
(d) Visnu.

4. Who called "Indra and the Monkey' the strangest hymn in the Rig Veda?
(a) Stackhouse.
(b) Doniger.
(c) Renou.
(d) Muller.

5. Who performed the first sacrifice by mortals for immortals?
(a) Soma.
(b) Visnu.
(c) Manu.
(d) Savitr.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ is incarnate as a goddess closely associated with the Asvins.

2. The family of sages who praise Dawn in "Dawn and the Asvins" are called _____.

3. In "The Three Strides of Visnu", the commentator suggests that the ferocious beast is a _____.

4. The divine prototype for marriage is the hierogamy of Surya and _____.

5. In stories associated with "Apala and Indra", what is the third skin that is sloughed off of Apala?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the possible meanings of the 'banner that dawn plants in the sky' in "Dawn and the Asvins"?

2. What is the meaning or the invocation, 'O, master of the stones' in "The House of Clay"?

3. Who brandishes their power and in what way in "The Deeds of Varuna"?

4. Why does the author say it is a possibility that priests are being satirized in "The Frogs"?

5. Why is the Rig Veda described in "Realia" as worldly?

6. What are two meanings of "Atri and the Lost Sun"?

7. In "Varuna Provoked to Anger", what is the nature of Vasistha's sins toward Varuna?

8. How is creation mythology presented in "Varuna Provoked to Anger"?

9. What does the poet ask for at the end of "Parjanya, the Bull", and why?

10. In the dialogue between Agastya and the Maruts in "Agastya and the Maruts", what is Agastya trying to do?

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