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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As advances in ____________ and domestication of animals clarify the male's role in reproduction, the mythological spouse gains importance.
(a) Breeding
(b) Government
(c) Farming
(d) Religion

2. Myths that grow from a religion serving a female deity view ______________ differently from those created by male-oriented religions.
(a) Religion
(b) Learning
(c) Manhood
(d) Womanhood

3. 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.
(a) Hittite
(b) Hebrew
(c) Sumerian
(d) Roman

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

5. The Mother Goddess provides life and a controllable ____________ to the people who believe in her.
(a) Water supply
(b) Seasonal pattern
(c) Money supply
(d) Food supply

Short Answer Questions

1. Female deities are extolled for their roles as healers, with female priestesses serving as _____________.

2. Females seem to invent not just agriculture, but also ______________, according to Stone's findings.

3. Stone discovers that what she thought about sun/moon gods and earth/heaven symbolism is ____________.

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

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

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