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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The ____________ scroll describes the Levites' banners, dress, duties, and position in detail, according to Stone.

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

5. Yahweh is supposedly going to give the Hebrews a _________, but it is revealed by the Levites that this is already populated and fortified.

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