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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) Money supply
(b) Food supply
(c) Water supply
(d) Seasonal pattern

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

3. _____________ is the name given by scholars to Cretan cultural sites on the Greek mainland.
(a) Ethos
(b) Portos
(c) Athens
(d) Mycenae

4. Which area has communal marriage, according to the writings of Diodorus?
(a) Libya
(b) Israel
(c) Iraq
(d) Ethiopia

5. In "The Golden Ass," the Goddess speaks of herself as ___________, manifesting herself in various gods and goddesses.
(a) Nature
(b) Oneness
(c) Spirit
(d) Everything

Short Answer Questions

1. Egypt practices ___________ when they need to determine property and descent in the society.

2. Robertson Smith claims that in Arabia, all traits of the dominant Goddess are transferred to the _____________ before she is subordinated.

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

4. 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.

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

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