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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By Babylonian times, kinds are still appointed by _________ but not put to death, according to Stone.
(a) Jeusut
(b) Abraham
(c) Isthar
(d) Inanna

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

3. In some areas, ______________ replaces the actual death of the substitute king, according to Stone.
(a) Animal sacrifice
(b) Symbols
(c) Ritualized suicide
(d) Castration

4. The _________ regard themselves as racially superior to the conquered peoples which helps to explain other texts.
(a) Aryans
(b) Hittites
(c) Egyptians
(d) Hebrews

5. Who is Abraham's wife who ends up dying at some point of their marriage and who Abraham buries?
(a) Ruth
(b) Mary
(c) Lilith
(d) Sarah

6. Zeus is worshiped on Crete as the son of his mother __________ and in one legend sexually attacks her.
(a) Iris
(b) Osiris
(c) Astartus
(d) Rhea

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

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

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

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) Sacred space
(b) Promised Land
(c) Fortress
(d) Home

11. The ___________, an incarnation of the Goddess, takes not a permanent husband, but rather annual lovers or consorts.
(a) Priestess
(b) Crone
(c) Virgin
(d) Mother

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

13. The Psalms show Yahweh heaping __________ on the wicked, consuming them with fire, according to Stone.
(a) Wood
(b) Sparks
(c) Ashes
(d) Coals

14. King ____________ is threatened with the loss of his kingdom for forsaking Yahweh and worshiping Ashtoreth.
(a) Jeroboam
(b) Solomon
(c) Matthew
(d) David

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pagan ways may have entered through King Solomon's 700 woman ________, according to Stone.

2. In the first century BCE, children born to ____________ are legitimate and respectable and unmarried women are worshiped.

3. Who sees a vision of a mysterious figure at the temple fate who tells of 'filthy things' going on inside?

4. In Anatolia, ____________ declares that once a man has slept with a Goddess, he may never sleep with a woman.

5. Stone believes women were the first to connect ___________ and reproduction and to integrate the reality into religion.

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