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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Neolithic art at Catal Huyuk, Hacilar, and Elam shows the _______ as subsidiary, according to Stone.
(a) Female
(b) Animal
(c) Goddess
(d) Male

2. ______________ have been found in primitive settlements from Spain to Siberia, hailing from 25,000 BCE.
(a) Goddess books
(b) Male figurines
(c) Venus figures
(d) Willendorf sculptures

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

4. Robertson Smith claims the Semitic religion results from the juxtaposition of ___________ worship and a female kinship system.
(a) Ancestor
(b) Crop
(c) Light
(d) Nature

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first prophet of Yahweh, who arrives thousands of years after the Goddess emerges in history?

3. In "The Golden Ass," the Goddess speaks of herself as ___________, manifesting herself in various gods and goddesses.

4. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.

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

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