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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first century BCE, children born to ____________ are legitimate and respectable and unmarried women are worshiped.
(a) Temple women
(b) Goddesses
(c) Fertility cults
(d) Married couples

2. The Levites purposefully misspell and mispronounce __________'s name, turn her into a male, and never picture her alone in order to demean her.
(a) Gaia
(b) Astara
(c) Ashtoreth
(d) Isis

3. The _______ were first known as the sacred women of the temples, though the name changes to being more negative in connotation.
(a) Palestinians
(b) Qadishtu
(c) Israelites
(d) Kurates

4. In 3000 BCE, _________ men are sacrificed at the grave of Osiris as a part of ritual regicide, according to Stone.
(a) Warrior
(b) Single
(c) Red-haired
(d) Impotent

5. ___________ women cannot engage in business and are killed for losing their virginity before marriage, even if they were raped.
(a) Sumerian
(b) Hebrew
(c) Egyptian
(d) Libyan

Short Answer Questions

1. Moses and his brother ______________ are both born to Levite parents and Moses is told to separate from the tribe.

2. Who were the darker skinned Goddess worshiping people who were seen to be culturally superior?

3. Greek accounts of women defending ancient shrines and expelling invaders may be the basis for ____________ legends.

4. The _____________ invasions weaken the matrilineal tradition and the Dorians make patrilineal succession normative.

5. What do the words 'bala' in Sanskrit, or bull, and 'tura' from Akkadian times mean?

(see the answer key)

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