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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ___________ are the core of communities, whence not only religious business, but also all urban and rural activities are directed.
(a) Washouses
(b) Temples
(c) Homes
(d) Oceans

3. What Goddess is said to be the Goddess of the Northern part of Egypt before 3000 BCE?
(a) Water Goddess
(b) Gold Goddess
(c) Vulture Goddess
(d) Cobra Goddess

4. Love poems found hint that ____________ women were the ones who did the wooing in relationships, according to Stone.
(a) Egyptians
(b) Greek
(c) Libyan
(d) Roman

5. Who charges Inanna with stealing the gifts of civilization from him, according to Stone?
(a) Enki
(b) Enlil
(c) Indru
(d) Gilgamesh

Short Answer Questions

1. On the Nile, the king is killed when his health or his __________ fails, according to Stone.

2. Calling the practices of the Goddess ___________ invites future scholars to call today's moralistic religion sterility cults.

3. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.

4. The ___________, an incarnation of the Goddess, takes not a permanent husband, but rather annual lovers or consorts.

5. The people of the lands worship both Yahweh and Astarte/Baal for __________ in their lives.

(see the answer key)

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