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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. The Maruts are _____ portrayed always as a group.
(a) Water-gods.
(b) Wind-gods.
(c) Sun worshipers.
(d) Fertility gods.

2. Who is the beloved grey priest?
(a) The night sky.
(b) The rain.
(c) The oblation fire.
(d) The Soma plant.

3. In stories associated with "Apala and Indra", what is the first skin that is sloughed off of Apala?
(a) A jackal.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hedgehog.
(d) A deer.

4. What is the center of the wheel in the "All-Maker" myth called?
(a) The chestnut.
(b) The kernel.
(c) The hub.
(d) The navel.

5. Susna is the demon of _____.
(a) Drought.
(b) Day.
(c) Flood.
(d) Night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Three Strides of Visnu", the commentator suggests that the ferocious beast is a _____.

3. In "The House of Clay", Varuna casts his snares upon the offending worshiper in the form of _____.

4. An Asura is a form of high ____.

5. In the hymn "Yama and the Fathers", who is being told to go away from the burning-ground where they live?

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