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

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

3. The Hebrew customer of ____________ marriage whereby a widow is assigned to her brother- or father-in-law.
(a) Proper
(b) Levirate
(c) Christened
(d) Sacred

4. After the division of the Hebrew states, Baal, the storm god, assimilates with the Goddess _____________.
(a) Astarte
(b) Tammuz
(c) Isis
(d) Inanna

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Psalms show Yahweh heaping __________ on the wicked, consuming them with fire, according to Stone.

2. Clement of Alexandria quotes Christ, saying he has come to destroy the works of the ___________.

3. Isis and ___________ are still widely worshiped in the Greco-Roman world at the time of the Apostle Paul.

4. ____________, Adam's first wife, refuses to be sexually submissive and later becomes a demon in stories.

5. Zeus is worshiped on Crete as the son of his mother __________ and in one legend sexually attacks her.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the consort of the priestess at the end of his time with her in their sacred relationship?

2. What kind of romantic relationships does the priestess of the time take on?

3. What are some of the activities that take place at the temples of the era in which women ruled?

4. How do males attain power in the society where female monarchs rule divinely, appointed by female divinities?

5. How do the Aryans present the story of Noah and of the ark?

6. What are some of the things the Levites do in order to discredit Ashtoreth?

7. What are the names of the three men who all link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?

8. Why does Gilgamesh spurn the proposal of marriage from Ishtar when she asks him to marry her?

9. Why is it thought that the Canaanites were dispossessed of Palestine by the Hebrews?

10. What are some of the ways the word 'qudishtu' is defined during the times of Moses?

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