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

2. Yahweh is supposedly going to give the Hebrews a _________, but it is revealed by the Levites that this is already populated and fortified.
(a) Home
(b) Fortress
(c) Sacred space
(d) Promised Land

3. The Indo-Europeans resent the Cretan legend of the death of Zeus, insisting he is _________.
(a) Immortal
(b) Killed in another way
(c) In another land
(d) Between the worlds

4. What is the mountain which is also given the moniker of the mountain of God in the Bible and in other stories?
(a) Mount Sinai
(b) Mount Olympus
(c) Mount Vesuvius
(d) Mount Anatolia

5. What is the real name of the Hittite language, adding to the irony of WWII and the rise of Hitler?
(a) Adolph
(b) Aryiana
(c) Nasili
(d) Jude

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pagan ways may have entered through King Solomon's 700 woman ________, according to Stone.

3. Later in the Bible, _______ becomes a term of rebuke, suggesting Abraham or Abraham's wife was Indo-European.

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

5. The Levites purposefully misspell and mispronounce __________'s name, turn her into a male, and never picture her alone in order to demean her.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Aryans consider about themselves, which is something that extends to this day in some groups?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the term 'levirate marriage' refer to within the context of history?

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

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

10. What happens to kinds in the time of the Babylonians as they are not killed at their end of their service?

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