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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who are the ancient dark divinities?
(a) The Asuras.
(b) The Agnis.
(c) The Asisis.
(d) The Vyalkasas.
2. The mane of a horse is a metaphor for what?
(a) The crops in the fields.
(b) The love of Indra.
(c) The rain.
(d) The rays of the sun.
3. Who repairs the errors committed in the course of the horse sacrifice?
(a) Haruts.
(b) Yaskas.
(c) Hotrs.
(d) Brahmins.
4. What is the name given to the cremation fire?
(a) Agni.
(b) Aditi.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Yama.
5. An Asura is a form of high ____.
(a) Catechism.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Divinity.
(d) Priesthood.
Short Answer Questions
1. Max Muller dubs the unknown god _____.
2. How many wheels does the chariot have in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
3. Cows appear in the metaphors involving Soma as _____ or water.
4. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
5. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the sacrificial horse identified with?
2. What is the meaning of the horse carrying the body in "Requiem for a Horse"?
3. What does the hymn, "The Sacrificial Priests", liken the work of the priests to? How?
4. Who eats from the tree of knowledge in "The Riddle of the Sacrifice", and what does this mean?
5. What is the sacred grass in "The Hymn of Man" and what is it used for?
6. What is the function of the enclosing-sticks in "The Hymn of Man" as opposed to the fuel-sticks?
7. What is the distinction between food that is for the gods and food that is for the dead fathers?
8. Who are the Angirases and with whom are they often linked?
9. In "The Creation of the Sacrifice", what is the significance of weaving?
10. What is the back story about the priest of the oblation's getting angry in "The Birth of Agni", and what does the priest do that is mentioned in this hymn?
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