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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. In the first century BCE, children born to ____________ are legitimate and respectable and unmarried women are worshiped.

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

3. Isis and ___________ are still widely worshiped in the Greco-Roman world at the time of the Apostle Paul.

4. Yahweh is supposedly going to give the Hebrews a _________, but it is revealed by the Levites that this is already populated and fortified.

5. Instead of the king being put to death, he is stripped and humiliated in public during the _____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Lilith in the Hebrew story of her and Adam in the creation myth?

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

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

5. Why do the people in the birthplace of Christianity and Judaism worship two different deities? And which deities?

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

7. What happens to kinds in the time of the Babylonians as they are not killed at their end of their service?

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

9. Who is Abraham as he relates to the Hebrews and to the Indo-Europeans?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As groups conquered other lands, they forced their religion and their beliefs on those they conquered.

Part 1: Why was it important to spread one's religion and beliefs to other countries?

Part 2: Why were some people resistant to changing their beliefs?

Part 3: Why did some of these conquering people try to incorporate old beliefs in with the 'new' beliefs they brought to the lands?

Essay Topic 2

The Greek accounts of women who defended the temples are thought to have spurned the legends of the Amazon women.

Part 1: Why do you think the women were the ones who defended the temples?

Part 2: Why does the idea of a woman fighter lead to the idea of the Amazon woman figure?

Part 3: Do you think women are 'allowed' to be aggressive in today's society? Why or why not? Are they given a label when they are?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of marriage is a slippery one throughout the history of man, with the definitions changing with the times.

Part 1: Why do you think the idea of marriages changes so often in the course of the history of man?

Part 2: Why do you think men and women are able to have multiple partners at different times in history?

Part 3: Do you think the modern definition of marriage is realistic? Why or why not?

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