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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brother-sister marriage is seen in Egypt in order to give _______ access to royal privilege as international marriages were prohibited.
(a) Men
(b) Daughters
(c) Women
(d) Sons

2. The Hebrew customer of ____________ marriage whereby a widow is assigned to her brother- or father-in-law.
(a) Sacred
(b) Christened
(c) Levirate
(d) Proper

3. Who sees a vision of a mysterious figure at the temple fate who tells of 'filthy things' going on inside?
(a) Moses
(b) Solomon
(c) David
(d) Ezekiel

4. The Bible shows Moses being adopted by __________________ and given a name that is a frequent part of royal names.
(a) A shepherd
(b) A priest
(c) A Pharaoh's daughter
(d) A common couple

5. What is the mountain which is also given the moniker of the mountain of God in the Bible and in other stories?
(a) Mount Vesuvius
(b) Mount Sinai
(c) Mount Olympus
(d) Mount Anatolia

Short Answer Questions

1. The changing of Jacob's name to __________ may suggest they understand their ancestry is symbolic rather than biological.

2. Which Goddess is thought to be the inventor of agriculture, a healer, a physician, and a lawgiver?

3. The Hebrews retain little knowledge of the battle between ______________ and the serpent Leviathan, though it is preserved in the Psalms.

4. At Nimrud, documents show that women still serve as ____________ and magistrates in the 8th century BCE.

5. What is NOT a city-state which is matrilineal, according to Stone?

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