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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. Sarasvati is the goddess of _____.
(a) Love.
(b) Food.
(c) Speech.
(d) Weather.

2. What does Apala want to do for Indra to get him to help her in "Apala and Indra"?
(a) Give herself to him.
(b) Sacrifice a horse.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Press Soma.

3. The Vasus are a group of gods associated with _____.
(a) The crops.
(b) The moon.
(c) The horses.
(d) The sun.

4. Vena is the seer identified with the _____.
(a) Planet Venus.
(b) Soma.
(c) Sunbird.
(d) Chariot.

5. Who is the beloved grey priest?
(a) The rain.
(b) The night sky.
(c) The Soma plant.
(d) The oblation fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have found the lost sun?

2. According to the author, who is the only Vedic goddess of any true stature?

3. An Asura is a form of high ____.

4. What is the hollow cavern that the rivers fill in "The Child of the Waters"?

5. Seven gods guard Soma, among whom _____ is the foremost.

(see the answer key)

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