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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Egypt practices ___________ when they need to determine property and descent in the society.
(a) Mother-kinship
(b) God structure
(c) Sibling-kinship
(d) Goddess will

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

3. Who is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven, according to historical scholars and to evidence from the time period?
(a) Isis
(b) Hecate
(c) Astarte
(d) Inanna

4. Who is the author of "The Golden Ass' which was written in the second century CE?
(a) Hippocrates
(b) Pythagoras
(c) Apelius
(d) Sophocles

5. When Moses is done writing Yahweh's laws, he gives them to the ______ to place in the Ark of the Covenant.
(a) Ethiopians
(b) Levites
(c) Egyptians
(d) Hittities

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the weaker brother or husband to the Egyptian Goddess Isis?

2. The Talmudic tradition says the _______ that corrupts Eve and humanity loses its strength when the Law is revealed on Mount Sinai.

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

4. As advances in ____________ and domestication of animals clarify the male's role in reproduction, the mythological spouse gains importance.

5. ___________ is just another attempt at explaining human existence - yet Western civilization accepts this contrived myth as history.

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