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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. Sarasvati is the goddess of _____.
(a) Love.
(b) Weather.
(c) Speech.
(d) Food.

2. What is the female element in the oblation ritual called?
(a) The fourth element.
(b) The air taker.
(c) The sky maker.
(d) The boneless one.

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

4. Svarbhanu is the demon of _____ in "Atri and the Lost Sun".
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Eclipses.
(d) Night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to the cremation fire?

2. _____ are seers as well as poets.

3. How many shafts does the chariot have in "The Boy and the Chariot"?

4. What is the sky divided into in "A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit"?

5. The red streaks in "The Gale Wind" may be the redness in the sky during rain, or the _____ of the wind.

(see the answer key)

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