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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. What might happen if a man were to sleep with another woman after having slept with a Goddess?
(a) The man could die
(b) The Goddess would die
(c) The woman would die
(d) The Goddess' powers could be transferred to someone else

2. On the Nile, the king is killed when his health or his __________ fails, according to Stone.
(a) Virility
(b) Coffer
(c) Armor
(d) Battle strength

3. Married or betrothed women who are ____________ are killed for being __________.
(a) Raped
(b) Beautiful
(c) Sexually open
(d) Cheated on

4. In Anatolia, ____________ declares that once a man has slept with a Goddess, he may never sleep with a woman.
(a) Inanna
(b) Iris
(c) Osiris
(d) Inara

5. ___________ are the core of communities, whence not only religious business, but also all urban and rural activities are directed.
(a) Homes
(b) Oceans
(c) Temples
(d) Washouses

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the military hero in the tales of Gilgamesh, as the stories continue?

2. In the first century BCE, children born to ____________ are legitimate and respectable and unmarried women are worshiped.

3. Editing of the Hebrew texts takes place over the many centuries, including _______________ by priests.

4. What is the name of the idols which are found on hilltops, under green trees, and beside Canaanite altars?

5. The changing of Jacob's name to __________ may suggest they understand their ancestry is symbolic rather than biological.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Abraham as he relates to the Hebrews and to the Indo-Europeans?

9. What happens to Lilith in the Hebrew story of her and Adam in the creation myth?

10. Why do the people in the birthplace of Christianity and Judaism worship two different deities? And which deities?

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