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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. Who is a kavi?
(a) A snake handler.
(b) A sacrifical martyr.
(c) A guardian or keeper.
(d) A poet or a saint.

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

3. What is thought of as a symbol of rain and fertility?
(a) The goose egg.
(b) The female frog.
(c) The lioness.
(d) The rain cloud.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ are seers as well as poets.

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

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

4. Max Muller dubs the unknown god _____.

5. Vivavsan is a name for the _____.

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