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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Women lose ground in Mesopotamia as the _________ goddesses are relegated to the role of consorts to particular gods.
(a) Egyptian
(b) Libyan
(c) Ethiopian
(d) Sumerian

2. Who is the first prophet of Yahweh, who arrives thousands of years after the Goddess emerges in history?
(a) Abraham
(b) Joseph
(c) Solomon
(d) Jesus

3. 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) Sons
(d) Daughters

4. Which area has the sex roles for society reversed and where a warrior-Goddess is worshiped?
(a) Ethiopia
(b) Israel
(c) Libya
(d) Egypt

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven, according to historical scholars and to evidence from the time period?

2. In Shuchinak, "Father of the ________" becomes "Father of the Gods" and later "Protector of the Gods of Heave and Earth."

3. As advances in ____________ and domestication of animals clarify the male's role in reproduction, the mythological spouse gains importance.

4. ______________ is said to have been Queen Omphale's servile lover, according to Stone.

5. The _______________ tablets from the same region of the world as the Genesis story tell a different creation story with the woman as the positive part of the story.

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