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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. Who is the beloved grey priest?
(a) The Soma plant.
(b) The rain.
(c) The oblation fire.
(d) The night sky.

2. Who carries Indra to heaven to bring Soma to men and gods?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A raven.
(c) A horse.
(d) A donkey.

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

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

5. Savitr is the _____ and the embodiment of twilight.
(a) Sacred sage.
(b) Indoctinated ally of Indra.
(c) Holy sepulchre.
(d) Divine obstetrician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are said to have more powers than the Fathers in heaven?

2. What did Martanda's name originally mean in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?

3. The Rbhus are the _____ of the gods.

4. _____ are seers as well as poets.

5. What word denotes mankind, the eponymous ancestor of mankind, or the brother of Yama?

(see the answer key)

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