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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Creation & Death : Chapter 1, Introductions, Creation & Death..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sky divided into in "A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit"?
(a) Four quarters.
(b) Two planes.
(c) Three levels.
(d) Six quadrants.

2. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) The evil way.
(b) The golden road.
(c) The lonely road.
(d) The water trail.

3. In later Sanskrit, a wish is a chariot made of _____.
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Hemp.
(c) Thought.
(d) Flax.

4. Who are the 'ancient ones' in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) The sages.
(b) The boy's parents.
(c) The jury of heaven.
(d) Dead ancestors of the realm of Yama.

5. What does the word 'tapas' mean?
(a) Cold.
(b) Death.
(c) Longing.
(d) Heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used to protect female mourners instead of mascara or eye-shadow, as stated in the "Burial Hymn"?

2. How many wheels does the chariot have in "The Boy and the Chariot"?

3. Which word in the Rig Veda means 'to sprinkle'?

4. Who are the ancient dark divinities?

5. The word for heart mind and life-spirit is _____.

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