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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. The _____ in "Indra and the Monkey" is regarded as the indigenous inhabitant, regarded as demonic.
(a) Sage.
(b) Slave.
(c) Demi-god.
(d) Poet.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Agastya's chosen path in life when his wife approaches him to beget a child?

2. In "The Deeds of the Asvins", the feet in the phrase 'in three chariots with six horses and a hundred feet' are _____.

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

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

5. What is the name of Indra's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the conflict present in all of the dialogues with women in the Rig Veda? Who succeeds, and who fails in this conflict?

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

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

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

6. In "The Courtship of Ghosa", what does Ghosa ask the Asvins?

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

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

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

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

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