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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Indra, Agni & Soma : Chapter 1, First Gods & the Mysterious Soma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Beholder.
(d) Born of an egg.

2. How many corners does the earth have in "A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit"?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

3. Who are Agni's sons?
(a) The sages.
(b) The priests.
(c) The poets.
(d) The Maruts.

4. _____ are seers as well as poets.
(a) Demi-gods.
(b) Sages.
(c) Painters.
(d) Priests.

5. The horses of Indra in "The Sacrifice of the Horse" are _____.
(a) Two grey donkeys.
(b) Two dapple grays.
(c) Two bay stallions.
(d) Two roan mares.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many shafts does the chariot have in "The Boy and the Chariot"?

3. Who repairs the errors committed in the course of the horse sacrifice?

4. What is the female element in the oblation ritual called?

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

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