View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The __________ at the time of Moses were the first to demand virginity until marriage for all women, according to Stone.

2. ______________ reflects a political ideology in which a single person rules, while _______________ images the communal attitude.

3. What is the mountain which is also given the moniker of the mountain of God in the Bible and in other stories?

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

5. Clement of Alexandria quotes Christ, saying he has come to destroy the works of the ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the abominations of the Canaanites that made them less than acceptable to the Hebrews?

2. What are the names of the three men who all link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?

3. What kind of romantic relationships does the priestess of the time take on?

4. Why is it thought that the Canaanites were dispossessed of Palestine by the Hebrews?

5. How do males attain power in the society where female monarchs rule divinely, appointed by female divinities?

6. What does a Pahlavi text depict Jeh as? How is Jeh described in this certain text?

7. What are some of the things the Levites do in order to discredit Ashtoreth?

8. What does the Goddess Anath do as a sign that the Goddess religions are beginning to assimilate Northern ideas?

9. Who is Abraham as he relates to the Hebrews and to the Indo-Europeans?

10. What is the Mesopotamian lamentation festival connected with in ancient times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The rules imposed on women by other groups, the Levites, for example, cause the roles of women to be shifted to powerlessness.

Part 1: Why do you think women were not seen as the equals of men?

Part 2: Why do you think the rules were so strict for women in those times of society?

Part 3: How do you think women felt about the rules being placed on them?

Essay Topic 2

Women were deeply affected, it seems, by the presence of a more matriarchal society and structure.

Part 1: How were women affected by having a matriarchal society?

Part 2: How might women be affected today if the government and all positions of power were to be filled with women?

Part 3: What are the advantages and the disadvantages of a patriarchal society?

Essay Topic 3

The role of religion in society has many more facets than are seen at first, according to this book and according to society today.

Part 1: In what ways does religion impact society in the accounts of the past?

Part 2: in what ways does religion impact society today?

Part 3: Should religion impact society? If not, why not? If so, how?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 676 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample