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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Upper Paleolithic existence of the Goddess is speculative since it precedes ______________.
(a) Pictures
(b) Academic life
(c) Writing
(d) Religion

3. The Followers of Horus decide that Egypt will be ruled as a ______________.
(a) Master race
(b) Site of power
(c) Dictatorship
(d) Matriarchy

4. As advances in ____________ and domestication of animals clarify the male's role in reproduction, the mythological spouse gains importance.
(a) Breeding
(b) Religion
(c) Farming
(d) Government

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

6. ______________ is said to have been Queen Omphale's servile lover, according to Stone.
(a) Hercules
(b) Mercury
(c) Artemis
(d) Zeus

7. Hittite armies often clash with ___________ in their attempts to try to control Canaan, according to Stone.
(a) Ethiopians
(b) Egyptians
(c) Romans
(d) Greeks

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

9. Greek accounts of women defending ancient shrines and expelling invaders may be the basis for ____________ legends.
(a) Atlantis
(b) Amazon
(c) Pyramid
(d) Goddess

10. It appears that the critical element is matrilineal descent of name and ___________ rather than women in power.
(a) Crops
(b) Lovers
(c) Paper
(d) Property

11. Brother-sister marriage is seen in Egypt in order to give _______ access to royal privilege as international marriages were prohibited.
(a) Women
(b) Daughters
(c) Sons
(d) Men

12. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.
(a) Eve
(b) Astarte
(c) Isis
(d) Lilith

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The mountain-god ___________ rapes the Goddess' daughter Ninlil who is later said to be his wife, according to older documentation.

2. Stone's question is: What affect does worshiping a female deity and living in a _________ society have on women?

3. What is another name for Artemis, as discover by scholars in the classical Greek times?

4. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.

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

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