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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. The word for heart mind and life-spirit is _____.
(a) Hama.
(b) Karma.
(c) Manas.
(d) Coeur.

3. What is the center of the wheel in the "All-Maker" myth called?
(a) The navel.
(b) The hub.
(c) The kernel.
(d) The chestnut.

4. Max Muller dubs the unknown god _____.
(a) Deus Ignotus.
(b) Brahma.
(c) Deus Ex Machina.
(d) Ixus Dominus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many corners does the earth have in "A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit"?

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

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

4. What is the name of the sacrificial drink pressed from a plant?

5. What is the inner membrane of the embryo called?

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