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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 work does the author think the "The Boy and the Chariot" might be the kernel of?
(a) Naciketas.
(b) The Pancatantra.
(c) The Bhagavad Gita.
(d) Upanishads.

2. What is the piece of wood attached crosswise at the top of the stake used in the horse sacrifice?
(a) The cleft.
(b) The corbel.
(c) The knob.
(d) The weft.

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

4. What is thought of as a symbol of rain and fertility?
(a) The rain cloud.
(b) The female frog.
(c) The lioness.
(d) The goose egg.

5. What does the name Vena mean?
(a) Longing.
(b) Light.
(c) Elder.
(d) Thirst.

Short Answer Questions

1. Seven gods guard Soma, among whom _____ is the foremost.

2. What is the name of the god of formal hospitality to strangers?

3. Who performed the first sacrifice by mortals for immortals?

4. When Agni becomes priest, his _____ are both flame and prayer.

5. What is the name of the god of intimate friendship among one's own kind?

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