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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 Agastya's chosen path in life when his wife approaches him to beget a child?
(a) That of the ascetic.
(b) That of a charioteer.
(c) That of a farmer.
(d) That of a herdsman.

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

3. Pusan is the _____ of the sun.
(a) Herder.
(b) Maker.
(c) Charioteer.
(d) Husband.

4. Who is the mother of the Maruts?
(a) Usas.
(b) Parjanya.
(c) Yama.
(d) Prsni.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Svarbhanu is the demon of _____ in "Atri and the Lost Sun".

2. The _____ in "Indra and the Monkey" is regarded as the indigenous inhabitant, regarded as demonic.

3. Sindhu is a _____ goddess.

4. What is another name for the 'axis mundi' mentioned in "Guard Us from the Monstrous Abyss"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Soma in "The Marriage of Surya"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are the different meanings of the 'house of clay' metaphor in "The House of Clay"?

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

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

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