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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people of the lands worship both Yahweh and Astarte/Baal for __________ in their lives.
(a) No reason
(b) Balance
(c) Poltical reasons
(d) Double insurance

2. ____________, Adam's first wife, refuses to be sexually submissive and later becomes a demon in stories.
(a) Ruth
(b) Eve
(c) Lilith
(d) Mary

3. After the division of the Hebrew states, Baal, the storm god, assimilates with the Goddess _____________.
(a) Isis
(b) Tammuz
(c) Inanna
(d) Astarte

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

5. Who is the military hero in the tales of Gilgamesh, as the stories continue?
(a) Gilgamesh
(b) Enkidu
(c) Athena
(d) Inanna

6. What is the name of the idols which are found on hilltops, under green trees, and beside Canaanite altars?
(a) Asherah
(b) Stelae
(c) Hittas
(d) Tablets

7. The Levites purposefully misspell and mispronounce __________'s name, turn her into a male, and never picture her alone in order to demean her.
(a) Gaia
(b) Isis
(c) Ashtoreth
(d) Astara

8. ___________ sacrifices are important to the Levite rites as to the Brahmins, according to Stone.
(a) Fire
(b) Virgin
(c) Goat
(d) Weapon

9. The Hebrew customer of ____________ marriage whereby a widow is assigned to her brother- or father-in-law.
(a) Christened
(b) Proper
(c) Sacred
(d) Levirate

10. What is the name of the Goddess in Anatolia after 1000 BCE, according to Stone?
(a) Inanna
(b) Cybele
(c) Anaksanamun
(d) Anubis

11. The sexual union between the Goddess and the lover who is young enough to be her son is called _____________.
(a) Union
(b) Sacred Marriage
(c) Special Coupling
(d) Telmus

12. On the Nile, the king is killed when his health or his __________ fails, according to Stone.
(a) Coffer
(b) Virility
(c) Armor
(d) Battle strength

13. Who sees a vision of a mysterious figure at the temple fate who tells of 'filthy things' going on inside?
(a) Moses
(b) Ezekiel
(c) Solomon
(d) David

14. Faithful married women face the possibility of losing their husband's ________ and being sent out of his house.
(a) Attention
(b) Favor
(c) Trust
(d) Money

15. Yahweh is supposedly going to give the Hebrews a _________, but it is revealed by the Levites that this is already populated and fortified.
(a) Home
(b) Promised Land
(c) Fortress
(d) Sacred space

Short Answer Questions

1. In some areas, ______________ replaces the actual death of the substitute king, according to Stone.

2. What might happen if a man were to sleep with another woman after having slept with a Goddess?

3. The _____________ are a priestly caste that hoards sacred hieroglyphs for their own sacred purposes, according to Stone.

4. The __________ at the time of Moses were the first to demand virginity until marriage for all women, according to Stone.

5. Moses and his brother ______________ are both born to Levite parents and Moses is told to separate from the tribe.

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