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

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

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

4. What work does the author think the "The Boy and the Chariot" might be the kernel of?
(a) Upanishads.
(b) Naciketas.
(c) The Pancatantra.
(d) The Bhagavad Gita.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?

3. In later Sanskrit, a wish is a chariot made of _____.

4. Who are the ancient dark divinities?

5. Which word in the Rig Veda means 'to sprinkle'?

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