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

2. The three vats in "Parjanya, the Cow" are clouds full of rain or vessels full of _____.
(a) Milk.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Sap.
(d) Soma.

3. Svarbhanu is the demon of _____ in "Atri and the Lost Sun".
(a) Hunger.
(b) Eclipses.
(c) Night.
(d) Sunlight.

4. Vivavsan is a name for the _____.
(a) Heavens.
(b) Earth.
(c) Sun.
(d) Moon.

5. How many of the horse's thirty-six ribs are distributed to the universe in ritual sacrifice?
(a) Thirty-four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The daughter of the sun is the _____ of Soma.

3. The Maruts are referred to as _____ in "The Cows in the Cave".

4. How many people restrain the horse of Tvastr during sacrifice?

5. in "The Deeds of the Asvins", Pedu is the character who was given a white horse that killed _____.

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