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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Cows appear in the metaphors involving Soma as _____ or water.
(a) Milk.
(b) Blood.
(c) Whey.
(d) Clouds.

3. The horses of Indra in "The Sacrifice of the Horse" are _____.
(a) Two dapple grays.
(b) Two grey donkeys.
(c) Two roan mares.
(d) Two bay stallions.

4. What word denotes mankind, the eponymous ancestor of mankind, or the brother of Yama?
(a) Manu.
(b) Amnis.
(c) Marut.
(d) Varut.

5. What are said to have more powers than the Fathers in heaven?
(a) The goats of heaven.
(b) The children of heaven.
(c) The Mothers of heaven.
(d) The horses of heaven.

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

7. Indra wages battle with _____ as well as weapons.
(a) Epithets.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Magic.
(d) Deception.

8. In "We Have Drunk the Soma", Dawn harnesses _____ to her chariot to bring treasure to the singer of the hymn.
(a) Seven eagles.
(b) The sun.
(c) Docile cows.
(d) Indra.

9. What word is often identified with the soul?
(a) Water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Breath.
(d) Sound.

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

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

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

13. What is the hollow cavern that the rivers fill in "The Child of the Waters"?
(a) The valley.
(b) The sky.
(c) The moon's wake.
(d) The ocean.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The word for heart mind and life-spirit is _____.

5. The traditional _____ in the Rig Veda is the tale of the king and the priest.

(see the answer keys)

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