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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robertson Smith claims the Semitic religion results from the juxtaposition of ___________ worship and a female kinship system.
(a) Crop
(b) Ancestor
(c) Nature
(d) Light

2. Hittite armies often clash with ___________ in their attempts to try to control Canaan, according to Stone.
(a) Egyptians
(b) Ethiopians
(c) Romans
(d) Greeks

3. According to the writing "The Golden Ass," what is the proper name of the Goddess?
(a) Queen Astarte
(b) Queen Mother
(c) Queen Isis
(d) She

4. Various Hatti Goddesses survive the battle of the Hittites, and are known as the __________.
(a) Throne
(b) Family
(c) Guild
(d) Group

5. The _______________ tablets from the same region of the world as the Genesis story tell a different creation story with the woman as the positive part of the story.
(a) Sumerian
(b) Hebrew
(c) Hittite
(d) Roman

Short Answer Questions

1. The Adam and Eve myth tells a female children her entire ______ is easily tricked, defiant, and provoking, according to Stone.

2. The _____________ Goddess resuscitates her mate, proving she is the ultimate source of life and regeneration.

3. Stone discovers that what she thought about sun/moon gods and earth/heaven symbolism is ____________.

4. Brother-sister marriage is seen in Egypt in order to give _______ access to royal privilege as international marriages were prohibited.

5. The female must suffer in pain in ____________ because of the fall of Adam and Eve, according to Stone.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three types of evidence which seem to point out the existence of the Goddess in Upper Paleolithic times?

2. How does Merlin Stone say that society portrays the modern women and her inherent qualities?

3. What are some of the qualities attributed to the Goddess Isis, as found by Diodorus?

4. Early Sumerian tablets associate the Divine Ancestress with particular towns. What are three of these towns' names?

5. How did Middle East societies look at the Goddess in their ancient times?

6. What do surviving documents seem to suggest about the writings of priestly scribes during the time of the battle ax warriors?

7. Describe the battle ax cultures in terms of what their presence was like during their arrival and contact with Goddess-worshiping Middle Easterners.

8. What does V. Klein have to say about the effect of female power on the society of the ancient times?

9. What is the effect the Adam and Eve story has had on the female child, according to the author?

10. What is the female deity of the time represented as when seem in pictures and in other works of art?

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