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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. Who are Agni's sons?
2. Who is the beloved grey priest?
3. What turns into a plant that is used as a substitute for the Soma plant in the hymn, "Soma and Indra and the Eagle"?
4. The author calls the unknown god the _____.
5. What is the name of the sacrificial drink pressed from a plant?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the function of the goat in "The Funeral Fire"?
3. What is meant by the "mist" metaphor in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?
4. What are the the three forms of speech highlighted in the hymn, "Speech", and what do they represent?
5. What is the nature of the 'child of the waters' and how does this relate to Agni?
6. What is the function of the "Royal Consecration" hymn, and what would accompany it?
7. Who eats from the tree of knowledge in "The Riddle of the Sacrifice", and what does this mean?
8. What is the meaning of the horse carrying the body in "Requiem for a Horse"?
9. How is butter visualized in the hymn, "Butter"?
10. What is the distinction between food that is for the gods and food that is for the dead fathers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who are the Asvins? Who bore them, and out of what part of her body? What are their deeds?
Essay Topic 2
How is Parjanya personified? What is paradoxical about the way he is personified in "Parjanya, the Cow'?
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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