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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. _____ are both offenses and Varuna's punishment of those offenses.
(a) Broken chariots.
(b) Bags.
(c) Laws.
(d) Bonds.

2. Pusan is the _____ of the sun.
(a) Herder.
(b) Charioteer.
(c) Husband.
(d) Maker.

3. Who are Agni's sons?
(a) The priests.
(b) The poets.
(c) The Maruts.
(d) The sages.

4. In later Sanskrit, a wish is a chariot made of _____.
(a) Flax.
(b) Thought.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Hemp.

5. In "The Three Strides of Visnu", the commentator suggests that the ferocious beast is a _____.
(a) Lion.
(b) Bull.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In stories associated with "Apala and Indra", what is the second skin that is sloughed off of Apala?

2. What animal joins the horse in sacrifice?

3. A 'yojana' is a measurement of _____.

4. What is another name for the 'axis mundi' mentioned in "Guard Us from the Monstrous Abyss"?

5. How many of the horse's thirty-six ribs are distributed to the universe in ritual sacrifice?

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