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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _______________ tablets from the same region of the world as the Genesis story tell a different creation story with the woman as the positive part of the story.
(a) Roman
(b) Hebrew
(c) Sumerian
(d) Hittite

2. Females seem to invent not just agriculture, but also ______________, according to Stone's findings.
(a) Writing
(b) Mathematics
(c) Paper
(d) Stars

3. The Mother Goddess provides life and a controllable ____________ to the people who believe in her.
(a) Money supply
(b) Seasonal pattern
(c) Water supply
(d) Food supply

4. ____________ continues to be revered as the bestower of rights to shepherds and kings, suggesting matrilineal rights still apply to royalty.
(a) Inanna
(b) Isis
(c) Astarte
(d) Iris

5. It appears that the critical element is matrilineal descent of name and ___________ rather than women in power.
(a) Property
(b) Paper
(c) Crops
(d) Lovers

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What Goddess is said to be the Goddess of the Southern part of Egypt before 3000 BCE?

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

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

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