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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.
(a) Astarte
(b) Eve
(c) Lilith
(d) Isis

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

4. The illiterate Northerners adopt two alphabets for their Sanskrit language in which they produce the _____________.
(a) Bible
(b) Talmud scripture
(c) Dead Sea Scrolls
(d) Vedas

5. Robertson Smith claims the Semitic religion results from the juxtaposition of ___________ worship and a female kinship system.
(a) Crop
(b) Nature
(c) Ancestor
(d) Light

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____________ invasions weaken the matrilineal tradition and the Dorians make patrilineal succession normative.

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

3. One theory is that the woman's ability to produce ___________ so awes men that they worship women.

4. What is NOT a city-state which is matrilineal, according to Stone?

5. The changing of Jacob's name to __________ may suggest they understand their ancestry is symbolic rather than biological.

(see the answer key)

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