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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Later in the Bible, _______ becomes a term of rebuke, suggesting Abraham or Abraham's wife was Indo-European.
(a) Jewish
(b) Hittite
(c) Christian
(d) Egyptian

2. In Neolithic periods, female monarchs rule ____________, according to the findings of scholars.
(a) Lightly
(b) Harshly
(c) Theoretically
(d) Divinely

3. Zeus is worshiped on Crete as the son of his mother __________ and in one legend sexually attacks her.
(a) Rhea
(b) Osiris
(c) Astartus
(d) Iris

4. On the Nile, the king is killed when his health or his __________ fails, according to Stone.
(a) Virility
(b) Coffer
(c) Battle strength
(d) Armor

5. Editing of the Hebrew texts takes place over the many centuries, including _______________ by priests.
(a) Jesus stories
(b) Goddess condemnation
(c) Jealous censorship
(d) Blatant lies

6. The ____________ scroll describes the Levites' banners, dress, duties, and position in detail, according to Stone.
(a) Talmud
(b) Joran
(c) Korun
(d) Qumran

7. Anath buries _____ and avenges him gruesomely, and then allows him to re-enter the world of the living.
(a) Horus
(b) Anubis
(c) Baal
(d) Baat

8. Isis and ___________ are still widely worshiped in the Greco-Roman world at the time of the Apostle Paul.
(a) Iris
(b) Artemis
(c) Athena
(d) Menus

9. The Psalms show Yahweh heaping __________ on the wicked, consuming them with fire, according to Stone.
(a) Ashes
(b) Wood
(c) Sparks
(d) Coals

10. Who is the military hero in the tales of Gilgamesh, as the stories continue?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Gilgamesh
(c) Inanna
(d) Athena

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

12. When the worship of the Egyptian _________ comes to Rome, sacred women follow the ancient customs there.
(a) Astarte
(b) Cleopatra
(c) Inanna
(d) Isis

13. in around 1930 BCE, ancient customers justify military conquests and marrying the high priestess legitimizes __________ in the eyes of the people.
(a) Goddesses
(b) Wars
(c) Religion
(d) Kings

14. What is the name of the Goddess in Anatolia after 1000 BCE, according to Stone?
(a) Cybele
(b) Anubis
(c) Anaksanamun
(d) Inanna

15. The Indo-Europeans resent the Cretan legend of the death of Zeus, insisting he is _________.
(a) Between the worlds
(b) Killed in another way
(c) Immortal
(d) In another land

Short Answer Questions

1. In 3000 BCE, _________ men are sacrificed at the grave of Osiris as a part of ritual regicide, according to Stone.

2. In Canaan, women have sex with males in the community who come to honor ____________, according to Stone.

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

4. When Moses is done writing Yahweh's laws, he gives them to the ______ to place in the Ark of the Covenant.

5. In the first century BCE, children born to ____________ are legitimate and respectable and unmarried women are worshiped.

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