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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Anatolia, ____________ declares that once a man has slept with a Goddess, he may never sleep with a woman.
(a) Osiris
(b) Inanna
(c) Inara
(d) Iris

2. Married or betrothed women who are ____________ are killed for being __________.
(a) Sexually open
(b) Beautiful
(c) Raped
(d) Cheated on

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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

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

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

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

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

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

14. ______________ reflects a political ideology in which a single person rules, while _______________ images the communal attitude.
(a) Polytheism; Monotheism
(b) Monotheism; Polytheism
(c) Monotheism; Patriarchy
(d) Matriarchy; Patriarchy

15. Anath buries _____ and avenges him gruesomely, and then allows him to re-enter the world of the living.
(a) Anubis
(b) Baat
(c) Baal
(d) Horus

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mountain which is also given the moniker of the mountain of God in the Bible and in other stories?

2. _________ tells Ezekiel to mark the foreheads of men in Jerusalem who commit abominations so they can be destroyed.

3. Aryan priests despise _______ and present the story of Noah and the ark as relatives who survived the flood.

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

5. Sacred women are found in Sumerian texts. They esteem the Queen of ____ and she in turn protects them.

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