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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some scholars suggest that the influence of the Goddess only seems minor because the Goddess has ___________.
(a) Many names
(b) Little power
(c) No control over men
(d) No bearing on everyday life

2. The _______________ tablets from the same region of the world as the Genesis story tell a different creation story with the woman as the positive part of the story.
(a) Hebrew
(b) Hittite
(c) Roman
(d) Sumerian

3. Robertson Smith claims that in Arabia, all traits of the dominant Goddess are transferred to the _____________ before she is subordinated.
(a) God
(b) Child
(c) Land
(d) Male

4. Egypt practices ___________ when they need to determine property and descent in the society.
(a) God structure
(b) Sibling-kinship
(c) Goddess will
(d) Mother-kinship

5. Neolithic art at Catal Huyuk, Hacilar, and Elam shows the _______ as subsidiary, according to Stone.
(a) Female
(b) Male
(c) Goddess
(d) Animal

Short Answer Questions

1. At some point, the Goddess acquires a male who becomes her lover or consort, but she retains _____________.

2. The _____________ Goddess resuscitates her mate, proving she is the ultimate source of life and regeneration.

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

4. Stories about the Goddesses were hardly the innocent childlike ____________ that many stories of them have become.

5. The female must suffer in pain in ____________ because of the fall of Adam and Eve, according to Stone.

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