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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 Nirrti called in the texts of the Rig Veda?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Night.
(c) Seduction.
(d) Dawn.

2. The poet asks Indra to crush the demon to _____ in "The Demons in Hell".
(a) Soma.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Fragments.
(d) Powder.

3. Who prepares the womb in "For a Safe Pregnancy and Birth"?
(a) Vaya.
(b) Visnu.
(c) Varuna.
(d) Vasisthva.

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

5. Who sends the dove to the house in "The Dove of Death'"?
(a) Yami.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Visistha.
(d) Demolition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the dog-sorcerers in "The Demons in Hell"?

2. What is symbolic of primeval chaotic matter, the seed of the creator, and the sacrificial oblation?

3. Varuna is called the _____ in the "Deeds of Varuna".

4. Who are the sons and daughters of the father in "To Arms"?

5. The overturned cask is a frequent metaphor for a _____.

(see the answer key)

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