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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Indra, Agni & Soma : Chapter 2, More Agni & Soma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Indra wages battle with _____ as well as weapons.
(a) Rocks.
(b) Magic.
(c) Epithets.
(d) Deception.

2. Sarasvati is the goddess of _____.
(a) Love.
(b) Weather.
(c) Speech.
(d) Food.

3. What is the name of the ancient sage to whom "Requiem for a Horse" is attributed?
(a) Yasa.
(b) Yama.
(c) Brahmin.
(d) Brhaduktha.

4. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?
(a) Water.
(b) Butter.
(c) Milk.
(d) Sky.

5. Who is "Destruction" in the "Burial Hymn"?
(a) The female personification of disorder.
(b) Karma.
(c) Indra's sister.
(d) The male personification of evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are said to have more powers than the Fathers in heaven?

2. Who carries Indra to heaven to bring Soma to men and gods?

3. Who is the mother of the sun?

4. In later Sanskrit, a wish is a chariot made of _____.

5. The enemy of true speech in "The Origins of Sacred Speech" is said to have been the _____ of the author.

(see the answer key)

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