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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 Hebrews retain little knowledge of the battle between ______________ and the serpent Leviathan, though it is preserved in the Psalms.
(a) Jesus
(b) Paul
(c) Abraham
(d) Yahweh

2. _________ tells Ezekiel to mark the foreheads of men in Jerusalem who commit abominations so they can be destroyed.
(a) Yahweh
(b) Solomon
(c) Jereboam
(d) Jeremiah

3. The Levites purposefully misspell and mispronounce __________'s name, turn her into a male, and never picture her alone in order to demean her.
(a) Isis
(b) Astara
(c) Gaia
(d) Ashtoreth

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

5. In 3000 BCE, _________ men are sacrificed at the grave of Osiris as a part of ritual regicide, according to Stone.
(a) Single
(b) Impotent
(c) Warrior
(d) Red-haired

Short Answer Questions

1. The Bible shows Moses being adopted by __________________ and given a name that is a frequent part of royal names.

2. Instead of the king being put to death, he is stripped and humiliated in public during the _____________.

3. In Canaan, women have sex with males in the community who come to honor ____________, according to Stone.

4. Who is the wild man of the woods in the story of Gilgamesh who appears and is extravagantly treated?

5. When the worship of the Egyptian _________ comes to Rome, sacred women follow the ancient customs there.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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