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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _______ were first known as the sacred women of the temples, though the name changes to being more negative in connotation.
(a) Kurates
(b) Israelites
(c) Palestinians
(d) Qadishtu

2. What is the real name of the Hittite language, adding to the irony of WWII and the rise of Hitler?
(a) Adolph
(b) Nasili
(c) Jude
(d) Aryiana

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

4. In Canaan, women have sex with males in the community who come to honor ____________, according to Stone.
(a) The powers of nature
(b) The Goddess
(c) The temple
(d) The Universe

5. Because Egyptian myths are cumulative, both Horus and Osiris can fight Set, but only ___________ dies.
(a) Osiris
(b) Isis
(c) Set
(d) Horus

6. 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) Religion
(d) Kings

7. Moses and his brother ______________ are both born to Levite parents and Moses is told to separate from the tribe.
(a) Aaron
(b) Joseph
(c) Cain
(d) Abraham

8. Who is considered to be the prophet of the tribes and the first prophet of Yahweh?
(a) Joseph
(b) David
(c) Abraham
(d) Moses

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

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

11. Clement of Alexandria quotes Christ, saying he has come to destroy the works of the ___________.
(a) Darkness
(b) Witch
(c) Female
(d) Devil

12. In the first century BCE, children born to ____________ are legitimate and respectable and unmarried women are worshiped.
(a) Goddesses
(b) Married couples
(c) Fertility cults
(d) Temple women

13. The Mesopotamian lamentation festival is connected with the __________ after the jubilation ceremonies of the sacred marriage.
(a) Feast of Booths
(b) All Souls Eve
(c) The Fertility Rites
(d) Christmaas

14. The annual death of the son/lover is connected to the ritual sacrifice of the ____________.
(a) Consort king
(b) First girl child
(c) First calf
(d) Crops

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were thought to have been dispossessed of Palestine by the Hebrews because of their abominations?

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

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

4. When the worship of the Egyptian _________ comes to Rome, sacred women follow the ancient customs there.

5. Instead of the king being put to death, he is stripped and humiliated in public during the _____________.

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