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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 does the name Vena mean?
(a) Longing.
(b) Light.
(c) Thirst.
(d) Elder.

2. In the hymn "Yama and the Fathers", who is being told to go away from the burning-ground where they live?
(a) Cold-blooded snakes.
(b) Mud daubers.
(c) Ants.
(d) Flesh-eating ghouls.

3. In "Parjanya, the Bull", what is Parjanyas' enormous deadly weapon?
(a) A scythe.
(b) A winged lion.
(c) A thunderbolt.
(d) A mountain.

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

5. What is the female element in the oblation ritual called?
(a) The air taker.
(b) The boneless one.
(c) The fourth element.
(d) The sky maker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the hymn, "Indra and the Maruts", what type of animal is named as 'the does' that are yoked to the chariot?

2. Who is sometimes Indra's enemy, yet helps him fight the serpent and steal the solar disc?

3. Pusan presides over _____.

4. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?

5. _____ are seers as well as poets.

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