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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. The word for exertion of religious activity in "Agastya and Lopamudra" is _____.
(a) Conversion.
(b) Toil.
(c) Prostrate.
(d) Pray.

2. What is another English term for what means 'little ship' in Sanskrit?
(a) Shuttle.
(b) Horse.
(c) Star-chaser.
(d) Chariot.

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

4. The horses of Indra in "The Sacrifice of the Horse" are _____.
(a) Two bay stallions.
(b) Two roan mares.
(c) Two dapple grays.
(d) Two grey donkeys.

5. _____ is incarnate as a goddess closely associated with the Asvins.
(a) Dawn.
(b) Atri.
(c) Night.
(d) Prsni.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rbhus are the _____ of the gods.

2. What is another name for the Maruts?

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

4. Who called "Indra and the Monkey' the strangest hymn in the Rig Veda?

5. The mane of a horse is a metaphor for what?

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