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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 carries Indra to heaven to bring Soma to men and gods?
2. Who repairs the errors committed in the course of the horse sacrifice?
3. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
4. _____ is the cry that is made when an offering is presented to the gods.
5. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the distinction between food that is for the gods and food that is for the dead fathers?
2. What is the role of the goat in "The Sacrifice of the Horse" and for whom does it do this?
3. Who are the Angirases and with whom are they often linked?
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 the actual content of the secret in "The Mystery of Agni"?
6. What is the function of the "Royal Consecration" hymn, and what would accompany it?
7. What is the sacred grass in "The Hymn of Man" and what is it used for?
8. What is the meaning of the horse carrying the body in "Requiem for a Horse"?
9. What does the hymn, "The Sacrificial Priests", liken the work of the priests to? How?
10. How are Agni and Soma linked?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Indra's greatest heroic deed in slaying the dragon Vrtra. Why did he slay Vrtra? What was the dragon doing that caused him to be the enemy of Indra? What does this symbolize?
Essay Topic 2
How is Parjanya personified? What is paradoxical about the way he is personified in "Parjanya, the Cow'?
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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