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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.
(a) Isis
(b) Eve
(c) Astarte
(d) Lilith

2. Who is the first prophet of Yahweh, who arrives thousands of years after the Goddess emerges in history?
(a) Abraham
(b) Joseph
(c) Jesus
(d) Solomon

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

4. What is another name for Artemis, as discover by scholars in the classical Greek times?
(a) Diana
(b) Apollo
(c) Zeus
(d) Astarte

5. Indo-European deities are male and are mainly what kind of gods, blazing high in the mountains in fire or lightning?
(a) Tree
(b) Storm
(c) Stone
(d) Thunder

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven, according to historical scholars and to evidence from the time period?

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

3. The female must suffer in pain in ____________ because of the fall of Adam and Eve, according to Stone.

4. 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.

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

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