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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. In Neolithic periods, female monarchs rule ____________, according to the findings of scholars.
(a) Theoretically
(b) Harshly
(c) Lightly
(d) Divinely

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

3. Pagan ways may have entered through King Solomon's 700 woman ________, according to Stone.
(a) Family
(b) Temple
(c) Harem
(d) Brothel

4. Later in the Bible, _______ becomes a term of rebuke, suggesting Abraham or Abraham's wife was Indo-European.
(a) Christian
(b) Jewish
(c) Egyptian
(d) Hittite

5. in around 1930 BCE, ancient customers justify military conquests and marrying the high priestess legitimizes __________ in the eyes of the people.
(a) Religion
(b) Kings
(c) Wars
(d) Goddesses

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Aryan priests despise _______ and present the story of Noah and the ark as relatives who survived the flood.

5. The ___________, an incarnation of the Goddess, takes not a permanent husband, but rather annual lovers or consorts.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does a Pahlavi text depict Jeh as? How is Jeh described in this certain text?

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

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

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

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

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

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