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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 are the ancient dark divinities?
(a) The Asisis.
(b) The Asuras.
(c) The Vyalkasas.
(d) The Agnis.

2. What was used to protect female mourners instead of mascara or eye-shadow, as stated in the "Burial Hymn"?
(a) Ash mixed with olive oil.
(b) Ritually purified butter.
(c) Blessed berry juice.
(d) Clay from sacred ground.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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