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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 is the name of the sacrificial drink pressed from a plant?
(a) Soma.
(b) Buttermilk.
(c) Broth.
(d) Karma.

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

3. The mane of a horse is a metaphor for what?
(a) The love of Indra.
(b) The rain.
(c) The rays of the sun.
(d) The crops in the fields.

4. How many of the horse's thirty-six ribs are distributed to the universe in ritual sacrifice?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Thirty-four.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

5. What are the instruments for ritual sometimes called?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Game tools.
(c) Storm elements.
(d) Machines.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "The Origins of Sacred Speech" hymn speaks of the recreation of the origins of sacred speech through _____of the Vedic sacrifice.

4. What was used to protect female mourners instead of mascara or eye-shadow, as stated in the "Burial Hymn"?

5. What is another English term for what means 'little ship' in Sanskrit?

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