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

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

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

4. What do the Maruts give Gotama when he prays to them?
(a) A fountain.
(b) Silver.
(c) A son.
(d) Gold.

5. The Maruts are referred to as _____ in "The Cows in the Cave".
(a) The small ones.
(b) The dark ones.
(c) The quick ones.
(d) The elite ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mudgala's wife hopes that Indra will turn her husband into a _____.

2. Who are the sky and earth parents of?

3. What is the path of death referred to, as in "The Boy and the Chariot"?

4. Why does Apala's husband supposedly hate her in the later commentaries associated with "Apala and Indra"?

5. The three vats in "Parjanya, the Cow" are clouds full of rain or vessels full of _____.

(see the answer key)

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