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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Goddess is thought to be the inventor of agriculture, a healer, a physician, and a lawgiver?
(a) Nut
(b) Athena
(c) Isis
(d) Iris

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

3. Female deities are extolled for their roles as healers, with female priestesses serving as _____________.
(a) Nurses
(b) Voodoo doctors
(c) Physicians
(d) Assistants

4. Some priestesses act as _______, providing military and political advice to royalty, though the men begin to outnumber them.
(a) Scholars
(b) Singers
(c) Priests
(d) Oracles

5. What is NOT a city-state which is matrilineal, according to Stone?
(a) Athens
(b) Rome
(c) Argos
(d) Thebes

Short Answer Questions

1. In northern Canaan, Adath, the "Important Lady of the _____________" rules in Ugarit in the 14th century BCE.

2. Brother-sister marriage is seen in Egypt in order to give _______ access to royal privilege as international marriages were prohibited.

3. The Code of _____________ shows that women retain some of their rights as the times begin to change.

4. Who is the weaker brother or husband to the Egyptian Goddess Isis?

5. Even as the males gain control over government in Minoan culture, the Goddess remains supreme and the male is a _____________.

(see the answer key)

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