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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _________ regard themselves as racially superior to the conquered peoples which helps to explain other texts.
(a) Hittites
(b) Hebrews
(c) Egyptians
(d) Aryans

2. As Indo-Aryan and Hoite princes and nobles seek to establish themselves, there is continual __________.
(a) Warring
(b) Mass executions
(c) Nomadic disruption
(d) Goddess desecration

3. What do the words 'bala' in Sanskrit, or bull, and 'tura' from Akkadian times mean?
(a) Ignorance
(b) Power
(c) Goddess
(d) Love

4. Married or betrothed women who are ____________ are killed for being __________.
(a) Sexually open
(b) Cheated on
(c) Raped
(d) Beautiful

5. The Code of _____________ shows that women retain some of their rights as the times begin to change.
(a) Hammurabi
(b) Isis
(c) Solomon
(d) Ra

Short Answer Questions

1. Stone's question is: What affect does worshiping a female deity and living in a _________ society have on women?

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

3. What is the name of the Goddess in Anatolia after 1000 BCE, according to Stone?

4. The sexual union between the Goddess and the lover who is young enough to be her son is called _____________.

5. ____________ continues to be revered as the bestower of rights to shepherds and kings, suggesting matrilineal rights still apply to royalty.

(see the answer key)

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