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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Creation & Death : Chapter 1, Introductions, Creation & Death..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) The golden road.
(b) The lonely road.
(c) The water trail.
(d) The evil way.

2. What did Martanda's name originally mean in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?
(a) Eye of the sky.
(b) Born of an egg.
(c) Beholder.
(d) Keeper of the sun.

3. What is the name given to the cremation fire?
(a) Aditi.
(b) Agni.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Yama.

4. Which word in the Rig Veda means 'to sprinkle'?
(a) Spray.
(b) Anoint.
(c) Dust.
(d) Descend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sky divided into in "A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit"?

2. The author calls the unknown god the _____.

3. _____ are seers as well as poets.

4. In the hymn "Yama and the Fathers", who is being told to go away from the burning-ground where they live?

5. What word is often identified with the soul?

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