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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. The Adam and Eve myth tells a female children her entire ______ is easily tricked, defiant, and provoking, according to Stone.

2. __________, "Lord of the mountains," kills Danu and her son Vrtra, causing cosmic waters to flow, which gives birth to the sun.

3. One theory is that the woman's ability to produce ___________ so awes men that they worship women.

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

5. What is the name of the Indo-European group who live directly south of the Hittites in Cicilia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the female deity of the time represented as when seem in pictures and in other works of art?

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

3. Early Sumerian tablets associate the Divine Ancestress with particular towns. What are three of these towns' names?

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

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

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

7. Since little has survived about the Goddess in Sumerian times, how can one believe the Goddess was important?

8. What do surviving documents seem to suggest about the writings of priestly scribes during the time of the battle ax warriors?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using art as a source of evidence for Goddess worship seems to be a narrow way to support the author's ideas.

Part 1: Why is art an important source of information for history?

Part 2: Why is art a more helpful way to find out about a culture from the past? Or isn't it?

Part 3: Why do you think earlier peoples used art to keep track of their history and their beliefs?

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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