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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ is said to have been Queen Omphale's servile lover, according to Stone.
(a) Zeus
(b) Mercury
(c) Artemis
(d) Hercules

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

3. The ___________ are ruled by an Aryan warrior caste and worship old Indian deities, according to Stone.
(a) Hurrians
(b) Hittites
(c) Indian Goddesses
(d) Harrians

4. Which Goddess is said to have created everything, including setting the Sun God Ra into the sky?
(a) Osiris
(b) Nut
(c) Athena
(d) Isis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____________ invasions weaken the matrilineal tradition and the Dorians make patrilineal succession normative.

2. ____________ continues to be revered as the bestower of rights to shepherds and kings, suggesting matrilineal rights still apply to royalty.

3. Priestly scribes appear to write out of ____________ motive more than religious fervor about supreme male deities and the institution of kingship.

4. On the Nile, the king is killed when his health or his __________ fails, according to Stone.

5. In an Iranian tale, __________ is warned that people have sinned, so he should build a vara, or fortress to protect civlization.

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