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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hebrew males still bless God daily for not making them ______________, according to Stone's research.
(a) Adam
(b) Weak
(c) Stronger
(d) Women

2. The _________ regard themselves as racially superior to the conquered peoples which helps to explain other texts.
(a) Hebrews
(b) Egyptians
(c) Hittites
(d) Aryans

3. The Bhagavad-Gita shows ______ bringing culture and light to aborigines who are called demons if they refuse and monkeys or bears if they accept.
(a) Rama
(b) Isis
(c) Indra
(d) Andu

4. The Mother Goddess provides life and a controllable ____________ to the people who believe in her.
(a) Money supply
(b) Food supply
(c) Seasonal pattern
(d) Water supply

5. Yahweh may be derived from the Sanskrit meaning ____________, according to some scholars.
(a) Male
(b) Everything
(c) Everflowing
(d) Control

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___________ in the Bible are treated as treacherous, evil, barbarous, and culturally deficient archenemies of the Hebrews.

2. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.

3. ______________ reflects a political ideology in which a single person rules, while _______________ images the communal attitude.

4. Female deities are extolled for their roles as healers, with female priestesses serving as _____________.

5. _____________ is the name given by scholars to Cretan cultural sites on the Greek mainland.

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