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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. Calling the practices of the Goddess ___________ invites future scholars to call today's moralistic religion sterility cults.
(a) Moral-less covens
(b) Breathtaking
(c) Fertility cults
(d) Meaningless

2. Who is the wild man of the woods in the story of Gilgamesh who appears and is extravagantly treated?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Attilla
(c) Ishtar
(d) Gilgamesh

3. Instead of the king being put to death, he is stripped and humiliated in public during the _____________.
(a) Mid Summer's Day Events
(b) All Souls Festival
(c) Celebration of the Harvest
(d) New Year Festival

4. Who is NOT one of the historical figures who link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?
(a) David
(b) Moses
(c) Joseph
(d) Abraham

5. The annual death of the son/lover is connected to the ritual sacrifice of the ____________.
(a) Consort king
(b) Crops
(c) First girl child
(d) First calf

Short Answer Questions

1. The people of the lands worship both Yahweh and Astarte/Baal for __________ in their lives.

2. The ____________ scroll describes the Levites' banners, dress, duties, and position in detail, according to Stone.

3. King Jeroboam earlier in history made golden ________, symbols of the Goddess religion.

4. Yahweh may be derived from the Sanskrit meaning ____________, according to some scholars.

5. What is the name of the Goddess in Anatolia after 1000 BCE, according to Stone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the abominations of the Canaanites that made them less than acceptable to the Hebrews?

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

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

4. After the division of the Hebrew states, what happens to the Storm God Baal?

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

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

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

8. What is the Mesopotamian lamentation festival connected with in ancient times?

9. What are the Levites the first group to demand of women in the community during the time of Moses?

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

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