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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. In the Atharva Vedic ritual, the Great Naked Woman is treated as a _____.
(a) God.
(b) Cup of Soma.
(c) Specator.
(d) Scapegoat.

2. What is the inner membrane of the embryo called?
(a) Cytoplasm.
(b) Nucleus.
(c) Caul.
(d) Wall.

3. What is the name of the god of intimate friendship among one's own kind?
(a) Indra.
(b) Atri.
(c) Mitra.
(d) Soma.

4. In "Parjanya, the Bull", what is Parjanyas' enormous deadly weapon?
(a) A scythe.
(b) A winged lion.
(c) A thunderbolt.
(d) A mountain.

5. What is the name of Indra's wife?
(a) Yamora.
(b) Yamani.
(c) Indora.
(d) Indrani.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal joins the horse in sacrifice?

2. _____ are seers as well as poets.

3. The _____ in "Indra and the Monkey" is regarded as the indigenous inhabitant, regarded as demonic.

4. What is Agastya's chosen path in life when his wife approaches him to beget a child?

5. The divine prototype for marriage is the hierogamy of Surya and _____.

(see the answer key)

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