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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Klein suggests that home ownership in early societies makes _________ depend on __________.

2. Priestly scribes appear to write out of ____________ motive more than religious fervor about supreme male deities and the institution of kingship.

3. According to the writing "The Golden Ass," what is the proper name of the Goddess?

4. Brother-sister marriage is seen in Egypt in order to give _______ access to royal privilege as international marriages were prohibited.

5. Hebrew women are inferior to their neighbors because they are needed to bear many __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does brother-sister marriage develop in Egyptian times, according to scholar Dr. Margaret Murray?

2. Who is the Goddess Hatti who is found in Hittite literature as being one of the most important figures?

3. Describe the battle ax cultures in terms of what their presence was like during their arrival and contact with Goddess-worshiping Middle Easterners.

4. Who do women appear as in civil litigation during the times of the Egyptians, according to papyri?

5. What are the three types of evidence which seem to point out the existence of the Goddess in Upper Paleolithic times?

6. Why is the Upper Paleolithic existence of the Goddess speculative at the point of writing this book?

7. What are some of the freedoms women in classical Greece still get access to?

8. What are some of the rights women are given in the Code of Hammurabi?

9. How does the Goddess movement and belief system survive, even though the male deity movement continues to take hold?

10. What does V. Klein have to say about the effect of female power on the society of the ancient times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The role of religion in society has many more facets than are seen at first, according to this book and according to society today.

Part 1: In what ways does religion impact society in the accounts of the past?

Part 2: in what ways does religion impact society today?

Part 3: Should religion impact society? If not, why not? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of the promised land as a sort of reward for practitioners of religion helps to secure control of the people.

Part 1: Why do you think the followers of the religion believed in the promised land?

Part 2: What do you think the followers believed would be in the promised land?

Part 3: Do you believe there is such a thing as a promised land? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The connection between the male structures of society and war are prevalent through history and into the modern times.

Part 1: Why do you think men are traditionally linked with the ideas of aggression and war?

Part 2: Why aren't women seen as being more aggressive?

Part 3: Do you think there are any benefits to giving one gender the 'responsibility' of war and of aggression? Why or why not?

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