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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. Which gods are invoked as a pair in "The Demons in Hell"?
(a) Ansa and Daksha.
(b) Indra and Soma.
(c) Surya and Savitr.
(d) Visnu and Rudra.

2. The divine prototype for marriage is the hierogamy of Surya and _____.
(a) Agastya.
(b) Soma.
(c) Atri.
(d) Indra.

3. Urvasi is a _____.
(a) Sun goddess.
(b) Poet.
(c) Mortal.
(d) Water-nymph.

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

5. In the hymn, "In Praise of Generosity", fortune is described as _____.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Fickle.
(c) Easy.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is "The Triumphant Wife" dedicated, though this entity is never mentioned in the hymn?

2. All fires die out when Siva is wrongly accused in "The Birth of Agni" and he departs from the _____.

3. What is Nirrti called in the texts of the Rig Veda?

4. In "Parjanya, the Bull", what is Parjanyas' enormous deadly weapon?

5. To what is the hymn, "The Triumphant Wife", connected?

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