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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. What is the name of Indra's wife?
(a) Yamora.
(b) Yamani.
(c) Indora.
(d) Indrani.

2. in "The Deeds of the Asvins", Pedu is the character who was given a white horse that killed _____.
(a) Snakes.
(b) Its previous master.
(c) Gods.
(d) Goats.

3. The divine prototype for marriage is the hierogamy of Surya and _____.
(a) Indra.
(b) Agastya.
(c) Soma.
(d) Atri.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Varuna binds _____ in his snares of disease and misfortune in "Varuna Provoked to Anger".

2. In "Vena", Soma is the _____ who roars as he mingles with the waters.

3. The god Parjanya is closely associated with _____.

4. Who are the sky and earth parents of?

5. _____ are both offenses and Varuna's punishment of those offenses.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Yami's argument to persuade Yama to have incest relations with her, and who does she invoke to aid her with this?

2. What does Vena personify in the hymn of the same name, and how does this relate to the theme of the hymn?

3. Who competes in the contest in "The Maruts" and what are they doing in the competition?

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

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

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

7. According to Indian theory, what happens to the sun during the rainy season?

8. What is the role of beauty in regards to women in the Rig Veda?

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

10. In "Indra and the Maruts", why does Indra mock the Maruts?

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