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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Archaeology indicates that societies revere the Mother Goddess as the supreme __________.
(a) Guardian
(b) Prophet
(c) Deity
(d) Sister

2. What do the words 'bala' in Sanskrit, or bull, and 'tura' from Akkadian times mean?
(a) Love
(b) Power
(c) Ignorance
(d) Goddess

3. Jeh is sexually defiled by the ___________ so she can defile all women who in turn defile all men, according to Stone.
(a) Storm God
(b) Goddess
(c) Indras
(d) Devil

4. Even as the males gain control over government in Minoan culture, the Goddess remains supreme and the male is a _____________.
(a) Servant
(b) Satellite
(c) Consort
(d) Distraction

5. Robertson Smith claims that in Arabia, all traits of the dominant Goddess are transferred to the _____________ before she is subordinated.
(a) God
(b) Land
(c) Male
(d) Child

Short Answer Questions

1. Some scholars suggest that the influence of the Goddess only seems minor because the Goddess has ___________.

2. Hittite armies often clash with ___________ in their attempts to try to control Canaan, according to Stone.

3. The Code of _____________ shows that women retain some of their rights as the times begin to change.

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

5. Females seem to invent not just agriculture, but also ______________, according to Stone's findings.

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