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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Shuchinak, "Father of the ________" becomes "Father of the Gods" and later "Protector of the Gods of Heave and Earth."
(a) Women
(b) Weak
(c) Children
(d) Patient

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

3. Love poems found hint that ____________ women were the ones who did the wooing in relationships, according to Stone.
(a) Egyptians
(b) Greek
(c) Roman
(d) Libyan

4. _____________ is the name given by scholars to Cretan cultural sites on the Greek mainland.
(a) Athens
(b) Portos
(c) Mycenae
(d) Ethos

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.

3. ___________ figures are everywhere: in fire sacrifices, astral bodies, lightning, skin color, and some of the gods - Brahma, Mithra, and Dyaus Pitar.

4. Who is the author of "The Golden Ass' which was written in the second century CE?

5. Priestly scribes appear to write out of ____________ motive more than religious fervor about supreme male deities and the institution of kingship.

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