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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Mother Goddess provides life and a controllable ____________ to the people who believe in her.
(a) Seasonal pattern
(b) Water supply
(c) Food supply
(d) Money supply

2. Archaeology indicates that societies revere the Mother Goddess as the supreme __________.
(a) Prophet
(b) Deity
(c) Sister
(d) Guardian

3. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.
(a) Morally
(b) Spiritually
(c) Sexually
(d) Financially

4. What is NOT a city-state which is matrilineal, according to Stone?
(a) Thebes
(b) Argos
(c) Athens
(d) Rome

5. The _____________ Goddess resuscitates her mate, proving she is the ultimate source of life and regeneration.
(a) Mesopotamian
(b) Sumerian
(c) Egyptian
(d) Greek

Short Answer Questions

1. Hebrew women are inferior to their neighbors because they are needed to bear many __________.

2. Which Goddess is said to have created everything, including setting the Sun God Ra into the sky?

3. Women lose ground in Mesopotamia as the _________ goddesses are relegated to the role of consorts to particular gods.

4. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.

5. According to the writing "The Golden Ass," what is the proper name of the Goddess?

(see the answer key)

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