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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One theory is that the woman's ability to produce ___________ so awes men that they worship women.
(a) Crops
(b) Children
(c) Poetry
(d) Peace

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

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

5. ______________ have been found in primitive settlements from Spain to Siberia, hailing from 25,000 BCE.
(a) Goddess books
(b) Venus figures
(c) Male figurines
(d) Willendorf sculptures

Short Answer Questions

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

2. It appears that the critical element is matrilineal descent of name and ___________ rather than women in power.

3. Which area has the sex roles for society reversed and where a warrior-Goddess is worshiped?

4. As Indo-Aryan and Hoite princes and nobles seek to establish themselves, there is continual __________.

5. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.

(see the answer key)

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