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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Indra, Agni & Soma : Chapter 2, More Agni & Soma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Indra wages battle with _____ as well as weapons.
(a) Magic.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Epithets.
(d) Deception.

2. Susna is the demon of _____.
(a) Drought.
(b) Flood.
(c) Day.
(d) Night.

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

4. _____ is the cry that is made when an offering is presented to the gods.
(a) "Vasat!".
(b) "Agni!".
(c) "Visvakarman!".
(d) "Soma!".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Sacrificial Priests" is described as a kind of _____ for priests.

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

3. Vivavsan is a name for the _____.

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

5. Vena is the seer identified with the _____.

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