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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 the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) The water trail.
(b) The evil way.
(c) The golden road.
(d) The lonely road.

2. The family of sages who praise Dawn in "Dawn and the Asvins" are called _____.
(a) Gotamas.
(b) Asvins.
(c) Brahmins.
(d) Asturas.

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

4. The daughter of the sun is the _____ of Soma.
(a) Niece.
(b) Sister.
(c) Wife.
(d) Friend.

5. Pusan presides over _____.
(a) Roads and journeys.
(b) Sky and earth.
(c) Mountains and hills.
(d) Fertility and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rudra is known as the punisher of _____.

2. Cows appear in the metaphors involving Soma as _____ or water.

3. In the Atharva Vedic ritual, the Great Naked Woman is treated as a _____.

4. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?

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

(see the answer key)

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