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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. What are the sisters that embrace the pressing stones?
(a) Fingers.
(b) Other stones.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Gems.
2. Vena is the seer identified with the _____.
(a) Soma.
(b) Planet Venus.
(c) Sunbird.
(d) Chariot.
3. What is the name of the ancient sage to whom "Requiem for a Horse" is attributed?
(a) Brhaduktha.
(b) Yasa.
(c) Yama.
(d) Brahmin.
4. The word for heart mind and life-spirit is _____.
(a) Coeur.
(b) Karma.
(c) Manas.
(d) Hama.
5. Varuna and Mitra are keepers of the _____.
(a) Sticks.
(b) Soma.
(c) Moral law.
(d) Pressing stones.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author calls the unknown god the _____.
2. Which river surrounds heaven and earth in the unknown god myth?
3. What is the male element of the newborn sun or fire?
4. All fires die out when Siva is wrongly accused in "The Birth of Agni" and he departs from the _____.
5. What animal joins the horse in sacrifice?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of the 'child of the waters' and how does this relate to Agni?
2. Who are the three brothers in "The Riddle of the Sacrifice" and with whom are they associated in the text?
3. In "The Creation of the Sacrifice", what is the significance of weaving?
4. How is butter visualized in the hymn, "Butter"?
5. What is the function of the goat in "The Funeral Fire"?
6. Who are the Asuras in the beginning of the Vedas, as opposed to their role toward the end?
7. What is the state of clarity of the early stages of creation in "The All-maker", according to the author, and why?
8. What is meant by the "mist" metaphor in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?
9. Who are the Angirases and with whom are they often linked?
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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