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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sacred women are found in Sumerian texts. They esteem the Queen of ____ and she in turn protects them.
(a) Light
(b) Sky
(c) Earth
(d) Heaven

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

4. The Indo-Europeans resent the Cretan legend of the death of Zeus, insisting he is _________.
(a) Immortal
(b) In another land
(c) Killed in another way
(d) Between the worlds

5. When the worship of the Egyptian _________ comes to Rome, sacred women follow the ancient customs there.
(a) Cleopatra
(b) Inanna
(c) Astarte
(d) Isis

6. Calling the practices of the Goddess ___________ invites future scholars to call today's moralistic religion sterility cults.
(a) Moral-less covens
(b) Fertility cults
(c) Meaningless
(d) Breathtaking

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

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

9. In an Iranian tale, __________ is warned that people have sinned, so he should build a vara, or fortress to protect civlization.
(a) Rulith
(b) Yima
(c) Yarus
(d) Akhmed

10. Who were thought to have been dispossessed of Palestine by the Hebrews because of their abominations?
(a) Christans
(b) Hittites
(c) Canaanites
(d) Jews

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

12. Isis and ___________ are still widely worshiped in the Greco-Roman world at the time of the Apostle Paul.
(a) Artemis
(b) Iris
(c) Menus
(d) Athena

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ___________ are the core of communities, whence not only religious business, but also all urban and rural activities are directed.

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

4. When Moses is done writing Yahweh's laws, he gives them to the ______ to place in the Ark of the Covenant.

5. Faithful married women face the possibility of losing their husband's ________ and being sent out of his house.

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