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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _____________ invasions weaken the matrilineal tradition and the Dorians make patrilineal succession normative.
(a) Roman
(b) Achaean
(c) Iranian
(d) Ethiopian

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

3. The Hebrew customer of ____________ marriage whereby a widow is assigned to her brother- or father-in-law.
(a) Levirate
(b) Christened
(c) Proper
(d) Sacred

4. The changing of Jacob's name to __________ may suggest they understand their ancestry is symbolic rather than biological.
(a) Abel
(b) Aaron
(c) Israel
(d) Cain

5. ___________ women cannot engage in business and are killed for losing their virginity before marriage, even if they were raped.
(a) Hebrew
(b) Sumerian
(c) Libyan
(d) Egyptian

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the writing "The Golden Ass," what is the proper name of the Goddess?

2. The Hebrews retain little knowledge of the battle between ______________ and the serpent Leviathan, though it is preserved in the Psalms.

3. Various Hatti Goddesses survive the battle of the Hittites, and are known as the __________.

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

5. The Psalms show Yahweh heaping __________ on the wicked, consuming them with fire, according to Stone.

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