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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stone's question is: What affect does worshiping a female deity and living in a _________ society have on women?
(a) Matriarchal
(b) Peaceful
(c) Complicated
(d) Warring

2. Which Goddess is thought to be the inventor of agriculture, a healer, a physician, and a lawgiver?
(a) Iris
(b) Nut
(c) Athena
(d) Isis

3. Who is the author of "The Golden Ass' which was written in the second century CE?
(a) Hippocrates
(b) Pythagoras
(c) Sophocles
(d) Apelius

4. Female deities are extolled for their roles as healers, with female priestesses serving as _____________.
(a) Physicians
(b) Nurses
(c) Voodoo doctors
(d) Assistants

5. Neolithic art at Catal Huyuk, Hacilar, and Elam shows the _______ as subsidiary, according to Stone.
(a) Animal
(b) Male
(c) Female
(d) Goddess

Short Answer Questions

1. The Upper Paleolithic existence of the Goddess is speculative since it precedes ______________.

2. In northern Canaan, Adath, the "Important Lady of the _____________" rules in Ugarit in the 14th century BCE.

3. ___________ women cannot engage in business and are killed for losing their virginity before marriage, even if they were raped.

4. In "The Golden Ass," the Goddess speaks of herself as ___________, manifesting herself in various gods and goddesses.

5. Greek accounts of women defending ancient shrines and expelling invaders may be the basis for ____________ legends.

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