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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. Indo-European deities are male and are mainly what kind of gods, blazing high in the mountains in fire or lightning?

2. The Mother Goddess provides life and a controllable ____________ to the people who believe in her.

3. Neolithic art at Catal Huyuk, Hacilar, and Elam shows the _______ as subsidiary, according to Stone.

4. As advances in ____________ and domestication of animals clarify the male's role in reproduction, the mythological spouse gains importance.

5. Archaeology indicates that societies revere the Mother Goddess as the supreme __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Middle East societies look at the Goddess in their ancient times?

2. How does male dominance begin to creep into once female-ruled societies?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Merlin Stone say that society portrays the modern women and her inherent qualities?

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

10. What are some of the qualities attributed to the Goddess Isis, as found by Diodorus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It seems that various peoples are trying to create a Master Race to take over all others.

Part 1: Why would a person want their race to be the most important of all?

Part 2: Do you think there can ever be one Master Race? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think a group of people tries to convince others their race is the 'best'?

Essay Topic 2

According to Stone's research, women in ancient societies used to have more control and power.

Part 1: Why do you think women held more power in earlier times?

Part 2: Why was is beneficial for societies that women held more power and influence?

Part 3: Why do you think women are not as powerful in society anymore? Or are they? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The role of sex and sexual relations is one that is much different in Goddess-based societies.

Part 1: Why do you think women in the past were not in more committed and monogamous relationships?

Part 2: Why do you think these sorts of relationships worked in those times?

Part 3: What do you think of men these days who 'sleep around'? How are they seen? How are women who 'sleep around' seen in today's society?

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