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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hat-Hor is symbolized by a ________ with a cobra on her forehead, as the nature of Ua Zit is retained in the culture.
(a) Pig
(b) Snake
(c) Horse
(d) Cow

2. Who were the light-skinned warriors who encountered the darker-skinned Goddess worshiping people?
(a) Hebrews
(b) Sumerians
(c) Dravidians
(d) Indo-Ayyan barbarians

3. The Adam and Eve myth tells a female children her entire ______ is easily tricked, defiant, and provoking, according to Stone.
(a) Religion
(b) Manner
(c) Soul
(d) Sex

4. Which area has the sex roles for society reversed and where a warrior-Goddess is worshiped?
(a) Ethiopia
(b) Egypt
(c) Libya
(d) Israel

5. _____________ is the name given by scholars to Cretan cultural sites on the Greek mainland.
(a) Ethos
(b) Portos
(c) Athens
(d) Mycenae

6. The mountain-god ___________ rapes the Goddess' daughter Ninlil who is later said to be his wife, according to older documentation.
(a) Indru
(b) Enlil
(c) Envil
(d) Indana

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

8. Which Goddess is thought to be the inventor of agriculture, a healer, a physician, and a lawgiver?
(a) Nut
(b) Isis
(c) Athena
(d) Iris

9. One theory is that the woman's ability to produce ___________ so awes men that they worship women.
(a) Poetry
(b) Peace
(c) Crops
(d) Children

10. The _____________ Goddess resuscitates her mate, proving she is the ultimate source of life and regeneration.
(a) Sumerian
(b) Greek
(c) Mesopotamian
(d) Egyptian

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

12. Royal families were found to show that the Egyptian culture was ____________, according to Stone.
(a) Religion-based
(b) Spiritual
(c) Disorganized
(d) Matrilineal

13. Eridu worships a fish or water god, which is consistent with their introducing __________ in their society.
(a) Farming
(b) Irrigation canals
(c) Resevoirs
(d) Fountains

14. The Code of _____________ shows that women retain some of their rights as the times begin to change.
(a) Solomon
(b) Ra
(c) Isis
(d) Hammurabi

15. During her six year reign, Queen Athalia reestablishes __________ which angers the Hebrew priest
(a) Judaism
(b) Catholicism
(c) Paganism
(d) Wiccanism

Short Answer Questions

1. Greek accounts of women defending ancient shrines and expelling invaders may be the basis for ____________ legends.

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

3. ____________ worship is described throughout the Middle East in the period of time of 3000 BCE.

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

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

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