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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Women & Magic : Chapter 2, Magic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rudra the embodiment of?
(a) Wildness and unpredictable danger.
(b) Peace and death.
(c) Love and wisdom.
(d) Cleverness and thievery.

2. Who eats the flesh of the sacrificed horse?
(a) Priests.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Women.
(d) Poets.

3. How many wheels does the chariot have in "The Boy and the Chariot"?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?
(a) Butter.
(b) Water.
(c) Sky.
(d) Milk.

5. Parsu's name,as mentioned in the notes for "Indra and the Monkey", means _____.
(a) Cow.
(b) Song.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Rib.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the fireplace where the dove settles in "The Dove of Death'"?

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

3. Sarasvati is the goddess of _____.

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

5. In "We Have Drunk the Soma", Dawn harnesses _____ to her chariot to bring treasure to the singer of the hymn.

(see the answer key)

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