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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. Who is the weaker brother or husband to the Egyptian Goddess Isis?
(a) Osiris
(b) Menaleus
(c) Luxor
(d) Irison

2. At some point, the Goddess acquires a male who becomes her lover or consort, but she retains _____________.
(a) Submissiveness
(b) Precedence
(c) A husband
(d) Her God partner

3. The Mother Goddess provides life and a controllable ____________ to the people who believe in her.
(a) Money supply
(b) Seasonal pattern
(c) Food supply
(d) Water supply

4. The mountain-god ___________ rapes the Goddess' daughter Ninlil who is later said to be his wife, according to older documentation.
(a) Enlil
(b) Envil
(c) Indana
(d) Indru

5. Which area has communal marriage, according to the writings of Diodorus?
(a) Ethiopia
(b) Libya
(c) Israel
(d) Iraq

Short Answer Questions

1. Hebrew women are inferior to their neighbors because they are needed to bear many __________.

2. Women lose ground in Mesopotamia as the _________ goddesses are relegated to the role of consorts to particular gods.

3. Royal families were found to show that the Egyptian culture was ____________, according to Stone.

4. Robertson Smith claims the Semitic religion results from the juxtaposition of ___________ worship and a female kinship system.

5. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is similar in the Paleolithic and Neolithic figurines of the Goddess?

2. Why is the Upper Paleolithic existence of the Goddess speculative at the point of writing this book?

3. During the 18th dynasty in Egypt, women's roles are severely changed - what did they change to and from?

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

5. Who do women appear as in civil litigation during the times of the Egyptians, according to papyri?

6. How does the Goddess movement and belief system survive, even though the male deity movement continues to take hold?

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

8. Who is the Goddess Ninhursag, otherwise known as Ninmah?

9. How does male dominance begin to creep into once female-ruled societies?

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

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