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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Neolithic periods, female monarchs rule ____________, according to the findings of scholars.
(a) Harshly
(b) Theoretically
(c) Divinely
(d) Lightly

2. According to the writing "The Golden Ass," what is the proper name of the Goddess?
(a) Queen Mother
(b) Queen Isis
(c) She
(d) Queen Astarte

3. Yahweh may be derived from the Sanskrit meaning ____________, according to some scholars.
(a) Everything
(b) Everflowing
(c) Control
(d) Male

4. What is the name of the Goddess in Anatolia after 1000 BCE, according to Stone?
(a) Anubis
(b) Anaksanamun
(c) Cybele
(d) Inanna

5. ___________ is just another attempt at explaining human existence - yet Western civilization accepts this contrived myth as history.
(a) Star Goddess
(b) Genesis
(c) The multiplication of the bread and the wine
(d) The Prodigal Son

Short Answer Questions

1. Archaeology indicates that societies revere the Mother Goddess as the supreme __________.

2. Inanna has been proven to have killed her consort for his ____________, which appears to be a rarity.

3. The Mesopotamian lamentation festival is connected with the __________ after the jubilation ceremonies of the sacred marriage.

4. When Moses is done writing Yahweh's laws, he gives them to the ______ to place in the Ark of the Covenant.

5. What is NOT a city-state which is matrilineal, according to Stone?

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