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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven, according to historical scholars and to evidence from the time period?
(a) Inanna
(b) Isis
(c) Astarte
(d) Hecate

3. The Adam and Eve myth tells a female children her entire ______ is easily tricked, defiant, and provoking, according to Stone.
(a) Soul
(b) Sex
(c) Manner
(d) Religion

4. Who were the darker skinned Goddess worshiping people who were seen to be culturally superior?
(a) Dravidians
(b) Hebrews
(c) Sumerians
(d) Indo-Aryan barbarians

5. Eridu worships a fish or water god, which is consistent with their introducing __________ in their society.
(a) Farming
(b) Resevoirs
(c) Irrigation canals
(d) Fountains

Short Answer Questions

1. Which area has communal marriage, according to the writings of Diodorus?

2. Neolithic art at Catal Huyuk, Hacilar, and Elam shows the _______ as subsidiary, according to Stone.

3. Who were the light-skinned warriors who encountered the darker-skinned Goddess worshiping people?

4. Stone discovers that what she thought about sun/moon gods and earth/heaven symbolism is ____________.

5. ___________ women cannot engage in business and are killed for losing their virginity before marriage, even if they were raped.

(see the answer key)

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