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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stone believes women were the first to connect ___________ and reproduction and to integrate the reality into religion.
(a) Sex
(b) Unity
(c) Love
(d) Blood

2. What is the mountain which is also given the moniker of the mountain of God in the Bible and in other stories?
(a) Mount Sinai
(b) Mount Olympus
(c) Mount Anatolia
(d) Mount Vesuvius

3. The Bible shows Moses being adopted by __________________ and given a name that is a frequent part of royal names.
(a) A Pharaoh's daughter
(b) A common couple
(c) A priest
(d) A shepherd

4. Editing of the Hebrew texts takes place over the many centuries, including _______________ by priests.
(a) Blatant lies
(b) Goddess condemnation
(c) Jesus stories
(d) Jealous censorship

5. Pagan ways may have entered through King Solomon's 700 woman ________, according to Stone.
(a) Temple
(b) Harem
(c) Family
(d) Brothel

6. What might happen if a man were to sleep with another woman after having slept with a Goddess?
(a) The man could die
(b) The woman would die
(c) The Goddess' powers could be transferred to someone else
(d) The Goddess would die

7. The _____________ are a priestly caste that hoards sacred hieroglyphs for their own sacred purposes, according to Stone.
(a) Ashrates
(b) Luvians
(c) Hittites
(d) Stupents

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

9. Who is NOT one of the historical figures who link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?
(a) David
(b) Moses
(c) Joseph
(d) Abraham

10. in around 1930 BCE, ancient customers justify military conquests and marrying the high priestess legitimizes __________ in the eyes of the people.
(a) Goddesses
(b) Wars
(c) Kings
(d) Religion

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

12. The __________ at the time of Moses were the first to demand virginity until marriage for all women, according to Stone.
(a) Levites
(b) Luvrites
(c) Hittites
(d) Canaanites

13. The Hebrews retain little knowledge of the battle between ______________ and the serpent Leviathan, though it is preserved in the Psalms.
(a) Abraham
(b) Yahweh
(c) Jesus
(d) Paul

14. King Jeroboam earlier in history made golden ________, symbols of the Goddess religion.
(a) Trees
(b) Spirals
(c) Eggs
(d) Calves

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The changing of Jacob's name to __________ may suggest they understand their ancestry is symbolic rather than biological.

2. In an Iranian tale, __________ is warned that people have sinned, so he should build a vara, or fortress to protect civlization.

3. The ___________, an incarnation of the Goddess, takes not a permanent husband, but rather annual lovers or consorts.

4. The _______ were first known as the sacred women of the temples, though the name changes to being more negative in connotation.

5. Married or betrothed women who are ____________ are killed for being __________.

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