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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first prophet of Yahweh, who arrives thousands of years after the Goddess emerges in history?
(a) Jesus
(b) Abraham
(c) Joseph
(d) Solomon

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

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

4. Stories about the Goddesses were hardly the innocent childlike ____________ that many stories of them have become.
(a) Dreams
(b) Fables
(c) Figures
(d) Monsters

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Upper Paleolithic existence of the Goddess is speculative since it precedes ______________.

3. Myths that grow from a religion serving a female deity view ______________ differently from those created by male-oriented religions.

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

5. Some scholars suggest that the influence of the Goddess only seems minor because the Goddess has ___________.

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