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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ women work in business, hold real estate, lend money, and work as scribes around the time of 2000 BCE.
(a) Naditu
(b) Concubine
(c) Mittu
(d) Inan

2. Who is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven, according to historical scholars and to evidence from the time period?
(a) Inanna
(b) Astarte
(c) Isis
(d) Hecate

3. The _________ regard themselves as racially superior to the conquered peoples which helps to explain other texts.
(a) Egyptians
(b) Hittites
(c) Aryans
(d) Hebrews

4. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.
(a) Financially
(b) Sexually
(c) Spiritually
(d) Morally

5. Moses and his brother ______________ are both born to Levite parents and Moses is told to separate from the tribe.
(a) Joseph
(b) Cain
(c) Aaron
(d) Abraham

Short Answer Questions

1. The Psalms show Yahweh heaping __________ on the wicked, consuming them with fire, according to Stone.

2. Who is NOT one of the historical figures who link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?

3. What is another name for Artemis, as discover by scholars in the classical Greek times?

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

5. The _____________ are a priestly caste that hoards sacred hieroglyphs for their own sacred purposes, according to Stone.

(see the answer key)

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