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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Women & Magic : Chapter 1, Women.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'A woman in need of help' in "The rescue of Atri" designates a woman _____.
(a) Who has no children.
(b) Who hasn't drunk Soma.
(c) In mourning.
(d) In the pangs of labor.

2. The _____ in "Indra and the Monkey" is the conquering Aryan.
(a) Ally.
(b) Enemy.
(c) Poet.
(d) Scapegoat.

3. What are said to have more powers than the Fathers in heaven?
(a) The goats of heaven.
(b) The horses of heaven.
(c) The Mothers of heaven.
(d) The children of heaven.

4. Who invokes the Asvins to help her find her husband?
(a) Indrani.
(b) Ghosa.
(c) Agastya.
(d) Yami.

5. Urvasi is a _____.
(a) Sun goddess.
(b) Mortal.
(c) Poet.
(d) Water-nymph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Savitr is the _____ and the embodiment of twilight.

2. The Asvins are said to be born of the _____ in "The Deeds of the Asvins".

3. In "The Deeds of the Asvins", the feet in the phrase 'in three chariots with six horses and a hundred feet' are _____.

4. The Vasus are a group of gods associated with _____.

5. Rudra is known as the punisher of _____.

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