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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 animal joins the horse in sacrifice?
(a) A bird.
(b) A goat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A donkey.

2. Vena is the seer identified with the _____.
(a) Sunbird.
(b) Chariot.
(c) Planet Venus.
(d) Soma.

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

4. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?
(a) Butter.
(b) Milk.
(c) Sky.
(d) Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the inner membrane of the embryo called?

2. Who is the mother of the sun?

3. All fires die out when Siva is wrongly accused in "The Birth of Agni" and he departs from the _____.

4. At the end of "The Birth of Agni", what does Agni turn into?

5. Indra splits open a _____ to release trapped cows.

(see the answer key)

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