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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. What is Nirrti called in the texts of the Rig Veda?
(a) Seduction.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Night.

2. What is the center of the wheel in the "All-Maker" myth called?
(a) The chestnut.
(b) The hub.
(c) The kernel.
(d) The navel.

3. What does the word 'tapas' mean?
(a) Longing.
(b) Death.
(c) Heat.
(d) Cold.

4. _____ are seers as well as poets.
(a) Painters.
(b) Priests.
(c) Sages.
(d) Demi-gods.

5. In "Gambler's Lament", dice are born during a storm and cease to hang like _____ from the nut tree.
(a) Bones.
(b) Stars.
(c) Pendulums.
(d) Earrings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the symbol of an unfaithful woman in "Pururavas and Urvasi"?

2. Susna is the demon of _____.

3. In the hymn "Yama and the Fathers", who is being told to go away from the burning-ground where they live?

4. The Soma stalk mixes with water to form the juice of _____.

5. What is the inner membrane of the embryo called?

(see the answer key)

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