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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which river surrounds heaven and earth in the unknown god myth?
(a) Tiber.
(b) Rasa.
(c) Euphrates.
(d) Ganges.
2. What is the name of the ancient sage to whom "Requiem for a Horse" is attributed?
(a) Brahmin.
(b) Yasa.
(c) Yama.
(d) Brhaduktha.
3. What are the four social classes in Indian civilization called?
(a) Yamas.
(b) Sects.
(c) Fifes.
(d) Varnas.
4. The horses of Indra in "The Sacrifice of the Horse" are _____.
(a) Two bay stallions.
(b) Two roan mares.
(c) Two dapple grays.
(d) Two grey donkeys.
5. Who is sometimes Indra's enemy, yet helps him fight the serpent and steal the solar disc?
(a) Agni.
(b) Kutsa.
(c) Astus.
(d) Rudra.
6. 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 seed.
(d) A feather.
7. In the hymn, "In Praise of Generosity", fortune is described as _____.
(a) Fickle.
(b) Death.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Easy.
8. What are the human and demonic enemies of the invading Indo-Aryans?
(a) Saramas.
(b) Atmans.
(c) Panis.
(d) Agnus.
9. The mane of a horse is a metaphor for what?
(a) The crops in the fields.
(b) The rain.
(c) The love of Indra.
(d) The rays of the sun.
10. How many people restrain the horse of Tvastr during sacrifice?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.
11. An Asura is a form of high ____.
(a) Priesthood.
(b) Catechism.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Divinity.
12. What is another English term for what means 'little ship' in Sanskrit?
(a) Shuttle.
(b) Star-chaser.
(c) Chariot.
(d) Horse.
13. Max Muller dubs the unknown god _____.
(a) Brahma.
(b) Ixus Dominus.
(c) Deus Ignotus.
(d) Deus Ex Machina.
14. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) The golden road.
(b) The water trail.
(c) The evil way.
(d) The lonely road.
15. 'Dhruvam' means _____.
(a) Loathing.
(b) Steadfast.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Sacred.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the sky divided into in "A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit"?
2. When Agni becomes priest, his _____ are both flame and prayer.
3. Vena is the seer identified with the _____.
4. Who is "Destruction" in the "Burial Hymn"?
5. Indra wages battle with _____ as well as weapons.
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