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

2. ____________, Adam's first wife, refuses to be sexually submissive and later becomes a demon in stories.
(a) Ruth
(b) Eve
(c) Lilith
(d) Mary

3. Yahweh is supposedly going to give the Hebrews a _________, but it is revealed by the Levites that this is already populated and fortified.
(a) Home
(b) Fortress
(c) Promised Land
(d) Sacred space

4. After the division of the Hebrew states, Baal, the storm god, assimilates with the Goddess _____________.
(a) Astarte
(b) Tammuz
(c) Isis
(d) Inanna

5. The people of the lands worship both Yahweh and Astarte/Baal for __________ in their lives.
(a) No reason
(b) Balance
(c) Double insurance
(d) Poltical reasons

Short Answer Questions

1. In an Iranian tale, __________ is warned that people have sinned, so he should build a vara, or fortress to protect civlization.

2. The __________ at the time of Moses were the first to demand virginity until marriage for all women, according to Stone.

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

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

5. On the Nile, the king is killed when his health or his __________ fails, according to Stone.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the term 'levirate marriage' refer to within the context of history?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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