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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) Cow
(b) Pig
(c) Snake
(d) Horse

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

3. The _____________ invasions weaken the matrilineal tradition and the Dorians make patrilineal succession normative.
(a) Achaean
(b) Ethiopian
(c) Roman
(d) Iranian

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

5. According to the writing "The Golden Ass," what is the proper name of the Goddess?
(a) Queen Astarte
(b) She
(c) Queen Isis
(d) Queen Mother

6. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.
(a) Spiritually
(b) Financially
(c) Sexually
(d) Morally

7. Indo-European deities are male and are mainly what kind of gods, blazing high in the mountains in fire or lightning?
(a) Thunder
(b) Tree
(c) Storm
(d) Stone

8. Females seem to invent not just agriculture, but also ______________, according to Stone's findings.
(a) Writing
(b) Stars
(c) Mathematics
(d) Paper

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

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

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

12. ____________ worship is described throughout the Middle East in the period of time of 3000 BCE.
(a) God
(b) Sun
(c) Goddess
(d) Animal

13. What is the name of the Indo-European group who live directly south of the Hittites in Cicilia?
(a) Porthos
(b) Luvians
(c) Indonesians
(d) Levites

14. The _______________ tablets from the same region of the world as the Genesis story tell a different creation story with the woman as the positive part of the story.
(a) Sumerian
(b) Hebrew
(c) Hittite
(d) Roman

15. Stone's question is: What affect does worshiping a female deity and living in a _________ society have on women?
(a) Matriarchal
(b) Complicated
(c) Peaceful
(d) Warring

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Adam and Eve myth tells a female children her entire ______ is easily tricked, defiant, and provoking, according to Stone.

3. ___________ women work in business, hold real estate, lend money, and work as scribes around the time of 2000 BCE.

4. The ________ tribes leave no record of when or why they adopt a male deity, according to Stone.

5. During her six year reign, Queen Athalia reestablishes __________ which angers the Hebrew priest

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