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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Cows of the Rig Veda : Chapter 2, Sky & Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Maruts are referred to as _____ in "The Cows in the Cave".
(a) The dark ones.
(b) The small ones.
(c) The elite ones.
(d) The quick ones.

2. What does the name Vena mean?
(a) Thirst.
(b) Elder.
(c) Longing.
(d) Light.

3. Pusan is the _____ of the sun.
(a) Husband.
(b) Charioteer.
(c) Herder.
(d) Maker.

4. Pusan presides over _____.
(a) Mountains and hills.
(b) Fertility and death.
(c) Roads and journeys.
(d) Sky and earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal joins the horse in sacrifice?

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

3. In "Parjanya, the Bull", what is Parjanyas' enormous deadly weapon?

4. Which river surrounds heaven and earth in the unknown god myth?

5. In "Have Mercy on Us, Rudra", Rudra's hair is braided or piled on top of his head in a _____.

(see the answer key)

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