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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. _____ are seers as well as poets.
2. The Rbhus are the _____ of the gods.
3. The Soma stalk mixes with water to form the juice of _____.
4. What is the name given to the cremation fire?
5. All fires die out when Siva is wrongly accused in "The Birth of Agni" and he departs from the _____.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the function of the enclosing-sticks in "The Hymn of Man" as opposed to the fuel-sticks?
2. How are Agni and Soma linked?
3. What are the first ritual laws called, and what is their purpose?
4. In "The Creation of the Sacrifice", what is the significance of weaving?
5. How is butter visualized in the hymn, "Butter"?
6. What is the sacred grass in "The Hymn of Man" and what is it used for?
7. In "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods", what does the author think is meant by the poet's seeing the birth of the gods?
8. What is meant by the "mist" metaphor in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?
9. Who eats from the tree of knowledge in "The Riddle of the Sacrifice", and what does this mean?
10. What is the function of the "Royal Consecration" hymn, and what would accompany it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the two incarnations of Parjanya? What is the significance of Parjanya as a god figure? What is paradoxical about Parjanya's gender in "Parjanya, the Cow"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the relationship between male and female characters in the Rig Veda. Do females have an equal role in the texts? Who is the female counterpart to Yama and what is she known for? Do females invoke the gods? How are female characters voiced?
Essay Topic 3
Who are the demons in the Rig Veda? Where do they live? Why do they live there? How do they interact with the gods? What is Sarama's role in relation to the demons?
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