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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stone discovers that what she thought about sun/moon gods and earth/heaven symbolism is ____________.
(a) A lie
(b) Incomplete
(c) Wrong
(d) Correct

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

3. Females seem to invent not just agriculture, but also ______________, according to Stone's findings.
(a) Stars
(b) Paper
(c) Writing
(d) Mathematics

4. Who is the author of "The Golden Ass' which was written in the second century CE?
(a) Sophocles
(b) Apelius
(c) Hippocrates
(d) Pythagoras

5. In northern Canaan, Adath, the "Important Lady of the _____________" rules in Ugarit in the 14th century BCE.
(a) World
(b) Royal House
(c) Royal Family
(d) Universe

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which area has communal marriage, according to the writings of Diodorus?

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

4. What kind of Sumerian writing allows the historians of the day to be able to find literature that was written about history?

5. Even as the males gain control over government in Minoan culture, the Goddess remains supreme and the male is a _____________.

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