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

2. In the Atharva Vedic ritual, the Great Naked Woman is treated as a _____.
(a) Specator.
(b) Cup of Soma.
(c) God.
(d) Scapegoat.

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

4. What is the name of the god of intimate friendship among one's own kind?
(a) Mitra.
(b) Soma.
(c) Indra.
(d) Atri.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Asvins are said to be born of the _____ in "The Deeds of the Asvins".

2. What does the name Vena mean?

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

4. What does Apala want to do for Indra to get him to help her in "Apala and Indra"?

5. The red streaks in "The Gale Wind" may be the redness in the sky during rain, or the _____ of the wind.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Varuna asked to protect the worshiper from in regards to his own power?

3. How is the phrase 'O, little mother' a triple entendre in "Indra and the Monkey"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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