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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The female must suffer in pain in ____________ because of the fall of Adam and Eve, according to Stone.
(a) Government
(b) Childbirth
(c) Menstruation
(d) Life

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

3. According to the writing "The Golden Ass," what is the proper name of the Goddess?
(a) Queen Mother
(b) Queen Astarte
(c) Queen Isis
(d) She

4. Even as the males gain control over government in Minoan culture, the Goddess remains supreme and the male is a _____________.
(a) Satellite
(b) Consort
(c) Servant
(d) Distraction

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The _____________ Goddess resuscitates her mate, proving she is the ultimate source of life and regeneration.

3. The Mother Goddess provides life and a controllable ____________ to the people who believe in her.

4. ___________ is just another attempt at explaining human existence - yet Western civilization accepts this contrived myth as history.

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

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