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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Agni's sons?
(a) The Maruts.
(b) The poets.
(c) The sages.
(d) The priests.

2. When Agni becomes priest, his _____ are both flame and prayer.
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Arms.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Robes.

3. Vivavsan is a name for the _____.
(a) Earth.
(b) Moon.
(c) Heavens.
(d) Sun.

4. What turns into a plant that is used as a substitute for the Soma plant in the hymn, "Soma and Indra and the Eagle"?
(a) A dragon scale.
(b) A leaf.
(c) A feather.
(d) A seed.

5. Who are the ancient dark divinities?
(a) The Agnis.
(b) The Asuras.
(c) The Asisis.
(d) The Vyalkasas.

6. Who is considered the quintessential generous patron?
(a) Agni.
(b) Indra.
(c) Surya.
(d) Kiyamba.

7. In later Sanskrit, a wish is a chariot made of _____.
(a) Hemp.
(b) Thought.
(c) Flax.
(d) Sorrow.

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

9. What does the word 'tapas' mean?
(a) Cold.
(b) Death.
(c) Heat.
(d) Longing.

10. Who is "Destruction" in the "Burial Hymn"?
(a) The male personification of evil.
(b) Karma.
(c) Indra's sister.
(d) The female personification of disorder.

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

12. How many people restrain the horse of Tvastr during sacrifice?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

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

14. What is the name given to the cremation fire?
(a) Aditi.
(b) Yama.
(c) Agni.
(d) Dharma.

15. At the end of "The Birth of Agni", what does Agni turn into?
(a) A horse.
(b) A frog.
(c) A bull.
(d) A demon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many corners does the earth have in "A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit"?

2. How many of the horse's thirty-six ribs are distributed to the universe in ritual sacrifice?

3. What are the sisters that embrace the pressing stones?

4. The Invoker is what type of priest in "The Sacrifice of the Horse"?

5. Who is a kavi?

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