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

2. Egypt practices ___________ when they need to determine property and descent in the society.
(a) Goddess will
(b) Sibling-kinship
(c) Mother-kinship
(d) God structure

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

4. At some point, the Goddess acquires a male who becomes her lover or consort, but she retains _____________.
(a) Her God partner
(b) A husband
(c) Submissiveness
(d) Precedence

5. What kind of Sumerian writing allows the historians of the day to be able to find literature that was written about history?
(a) Astrological
(b) Cuneiform
(c) Block
(d) Numerological

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Stories about the Goddesses were hardly the innocent childlike ____________ that many stories of them have become.

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

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

5. ______________ have been found in primitive settlements from Spain to Siberia, hailing from 25,000 BCE.

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