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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 name given to the cremation fire?
(a) Agni.
(b) Aditi.
(c) Dharma.
(d) Yama.

2. In the hymn "Yama and the Fathers", who is being told to go away from the burning-ground where they live?
(a) Flesh-eating ghouls.
(b) Cold-blooded snakes.
(c) Ants.
(d) Mud daubers.

3. What word is often identified with the soul?
(a) Water.
(b) Sound.
(c) Breath.
(d) Fire.

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

5. What is the name of the sacrificial drink pressed from a plant?
(a) Karma.
(b) Buttermilk.
(c) Soma.
(d) Broth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the inner membrane of the embryo called?

2. Max Muller dubs the unknown god _____.

3. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?

4. Which river surrounds heaven and earth in the unknown god myth?

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

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