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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The annual death of the son/lover is connected to the ritual sacrifice of the ____________.
(a) First calf
(b) Crops
(c) First girl child
(d) Consort king

2. Hittite armies often clash with ___________ in their attempts to try to control Canaan, according to Stone.
(a) Romans
(b) Greeks
(c) Ethiopians
(d) Egyptians

3. Some priestesses act as _______, providing military and political advice to royalty, though the men begin to outnumber them.
(a) Oracles
(b) Singers
(c) Priests
(d) Scholars

4. ___________ figures are everywhere: in fire sacrifices, astral bodies, lightning, skin color, and some of the gods - Brahma, Mithra, and Dyaus Pitar.
(a) Power
(b) Energy
(c) Light
(d) Darkness

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Yahweh may be derived from the Sanskrit meaning ____________, according to some scholars.

2. Who is NOT one of the historical figures who link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?

3. In Anatolia, ____________ declares that once a man has slept with a Goddess, he may never sleep with a woman.

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

5. Royal families were found to show that the Egyptian culture was ____________, according to Stone.

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