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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. Who is "Destruction" in the "Burial Hymn"?
(a) The male personification of evil.
(b) Indra's sister.
(c) The female personification of disorder.
(d) Karma.

2. Svarbhanu is the demon of _____ in "Atri and the Lost Sun".
(a) Hunger.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Eclipses.
(d) Night.

3. Which word in the Rig Veda means 'to sprinkle'?
(a) Dust.
(b) Descend.
(c) Anoint.
(d) Spray.

4. What is the metaphor used in "Parjanya, the Cow" to represent the cloud that does not give rain?
(a) The goat skin.
(b) The sterile cow.
(c) The dried fig.
(d) The empty Soma vessel.

5. The three vats in "Parjanya, the Cow" are clouds full of rain or vessels full of _____.
(a) Milk.
(b) Soma.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Sap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the mother of the sun?

2. What animal joins the horse in sacrifice?

3. The daughter of the sun is the _____ of Soma.

4. Indra splits open a _____ to release trapped cows.

5. Who is considered the quintessential generous patron?

(see the answer key)

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