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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Cows of the Rig Veda : Chapter 1, Indra's Cows.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the sacrificial drink pressed from a plant?
(a) Broth.
(b) Soma.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Karma.

2. Who is the mother of the sun?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Fire.
(c) Love.
(d) Dawn.

3. The Maruts are _____ portrayed always as a group.
(a) Fertility gods.
(b) Wind-gods.
(c) Water-gods.
(d) Sun worshipers.

4. The Invoker is what type of priest in "The Sacrifice of the Horse"?
(a) Yaman.
(b) Hotr.
(c) Brahmin.
(d) All-maker.

5. What word is often identified with the soul?
(a) Sound.
(b) Breath.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shafts does the chariot have in "The Boy and the Chariot"?

2. What are the human and demonic enemies of the invading Indo-Aryans?

3. Who is considered the quintessential generous patron?

4. Who is said to have found the lost sun?

5. What is thought of as a symbol of rain and fertility?

(see the answer key)

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