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

2. Moses and his brother ______________ are both born to Levite parents and Moses is told to separate from the tribe.
(a) Abraham
(b) Cain
(c) Joseph
(d) Aaron

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

4. ___________ sacrifices are important to the Levite rites as to the Brahmins, according to Stone.
(a) Virgin
(b) Weapon
(c) Fire
(d) Goat

5. Because Egyptian myths are cumulative, both Horus and Osiris can fight Set, but only ___________ dies.
(a) Set
(b) Isis
(c) Osiris
(d) Horus

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Abraham's wife who ends up dying at some point of their marriage and who Abraham buries?

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

3. ______________ reflects a political ideology in which a single person rules, while _______________ images the communal attitude.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Goddess Anath do as a sign that the Goddess religions are beginning to assimilate Northern ideas?

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

4. Where do the Hebrews retain their history and preserve it for others to read in the future?

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

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

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

8. How are 'pagan' ways thought to have entered into King Solomon's kingdom?

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

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

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