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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At some point, the Goddess acquires a male who becomes her lover or consort, but she retains _____________.
(a) A husband
(b) Her God partner
(c) Precedence
(d) Submissiveness

2. Female deities are extolled for their roles as healers, with female priestesses serving as _____________.
(a) Physicians
(b) Voodoo doctors
(c) Nurses
(d) Assistants

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

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

5. During her six year reign, Queen Athalia reestablishes __________ which angers the Hebrew priest
(a) Judaism
(b) Catholicism
(c) Paganism
(d) Wiccanism

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the weaker brother or husband to the Egyptian Goddess Isis?

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

3. Stories about the Goddesses were hardly the innocent childlike ____________ that many stories of them have become.

4. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.

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

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