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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. How many of the horse's thirty-six ribs are distributed to the universe in ritual sacrifice?
2. How many people slaughter the horse of Tvastr during sacrifice?
3. In the hymn, "In Praise of Generosity", fortune is described as _____.
4. Cows appear in the metaphors involving Soma as _____ or water.
5. Varuna and Mitra are keepers of the _____.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the sacred grass in "The Hymn of Man" and what is it used for?
2. What is the meaning of the horse carrying the body in "Requiem for a Horse"?
3. What are the meanings of the recurrent epithet, "Knower of creatures"?
4. 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?
5. What is meant by the "mist" metaphor in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?
6. Who are the Asuras in the beginning of the Vedas, as opposed to their role toward the end?
7. In the hymn "The Child of the Waters", what do the three women give to the deity, and why?
8. What are the first ritual laws called, and what is their purpose?
9. What is the significance of the membrane in "The Gods Coax Agni Out of the Waters"?
10. Who are the Angirases and with whom are they often linked?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is Parjanya personified? What is paradoxical about the way he is personified in "Parjanya, the Cow'?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The author describes paradox as a main component of the Rig Veda. Analyze "The Funeral Fire" and describe its paradoxes and ways in which these paradoxes are interpreted.
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