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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. The author calls the unknown god the _____.
(a) Icarus of Antiquity.
(b) Silver Serpent.
(c) Golden Embryo.
(d) Sunray.

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

3. How many wheels does the chariot have in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

5. Who are the 'ancient ones' in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) The boy's parents.
(b) The sages.
(c) The jury of heaven.
(d) Dead ancestors of the realm of Yama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?

2. Max Muller dubs the unknown god _____.

3. The word for heart mind and life-spirit is _____.

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

5. What did Martanda's name originally mean in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?

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