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

2. In "Varuna Provoked to Anger", even _____ does not avert evil in the poet's estimation.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Awareness.

3. Who repairs the errors committed in the course of the horse sacrifice?
(a) Yaskas.
(b) Haruts.
(c) Brahmins.
(d) Hotrs.

4. In "Gambler's Lament", dice are born during a storm and cease to hang like _____ from the nut tree.
(a) Earrings.
(b) Bones.
(c) Pendulums.
(d) Stars.

5. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) The golden road.
(b) The lonely road.
(c) The water trail.
(d) The evil way.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people restrain the horse of Tvastr during sacrifice?

3. What is Rudra the embodiment of?

4. Varuna binds _____ in his snares of disease and misfortune in "Varuna Provoked to Anger".

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

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