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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Indra, Agni & Soma : Chapter 1, First Gods & the Mysterious Soma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people restrain the horse of Tvastr during sacrifice?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

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

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

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

5. In later Sanskrit, a wish is a chariot made of _____.
(a) Hemp.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Flax.
(d) Thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is considered the quintessential generous patron?

2. In the hymn, "In Praise of Generosity", fortune is described as _____.

3. Sarasvati is the goddess of _____.

4. Who are Agni's sons?

5. What work does the author think the "The Boy and the Chariot" might be the kernel of?

(see the answer key)

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