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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. What is the piece of wood attached crosswise at the top of the stake used in the horse sacrifice?
(a) The weft.
(b) The knob.
(c) The cleft.
(d) The corbel.

2. Who are the 'ancient ones' in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) Dead ancestors of the realm of Yama.
(b) The sages.
(c) The jury of heaven.
(d) The boy's parents.

3. At the end of "The Birth of Agni", what does Agni turn into?
(a) A frog.
(b) A demon.
(c) A bull.
(d) A horse.

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

5. All fires die out when Siva is wrongly accused in "The Birth of Agni" and he departs from the _____.
(a) High Desert.
(b) Pine Forests.
(c) Black Hills.
(d) Gray Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Vivavsan is a name for the _____.

3. What work does the author think the "The Boy and the Chariot" might be the kernel of?

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

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

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