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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 male element of the newborn sun or fire?
(a) Heat.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Bones.
(d) The flames.

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

3. What is the female element in the oblation ritual called?
(a) The air taker.
(b) The boneless one.
(c) The sky maker.
(d) The fourth element.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ is the cry that is made when an offering is presented to the gods.

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

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

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

5. How many of the horse's thirty-six ribs are distributed to the universe in ritual sacrifice?

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