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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the weaker brother or husband to the Egyptian Goddess Isis?
(a) Irison
(b) Menaleus
(c) Luxor
(d) Osiris

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Robertson Smith claims the Semitic religion results from the juxtaposition of ___________ worship and a female kinship system.

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

4. ______________ have been found in primitive settlements from Spain to Siberia, hailing from 25,000 BCE.

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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