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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. Who is the mother of the gods?
(a) Aditi.
(b) Yami.
(c) Siva.
(d) Mitra.

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

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

4. What did Martanda's name originally mean in "Aditi and the Birth of the Gods"?
(a) Beholder.
(b) Eye of the sky.
(c) Keeper of the sun.
(d) Born of an egg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Susna is the demon of _____.

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

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

4. The author calls the unknown god the _____.

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

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