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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Anatolia, ____________ declares that once a man has slept with a Goddess, he may never sleep with a woman.
(a) Iris
(b) Inara
(c) Inanna
(d) Osiris

3. Who is the first prophet of Yahweh, who arrives thousands of years after the Goddess emerges in history?
(a) Joseph
(b) Solomon
(c) Abraham
(d) Jesus

4. __________, "Lord of the mountains," kills Danu and her son Vrtra, causing cosmic waters to flow, which gives birth to the sun.
(a) Andu
(b) Indra
(c) Astarte
(d) Sophocles

5. Klein suggests that home ownership in early societies makes _________ depend on __________.
(a) Females; males
(b) Males; females
(c) Females; females
(d) Males; males

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________ is said to have been Queen Omphale's servile lover, according to Stone.

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

3. What Goddess is said to be the Goddess of the Southern part of Egypt before 3000 BCE?

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

5. Who charges Inanna with stealing the gifts of civilization from him, according to Stone?

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