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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Diodorus of _________ writes respectfully and admiringly about women wielding power in the lands where he travels.
(a) Sicily
(b) Sparta
(c) Crete
(d) Rome

2. In northern Canaan, Adath, the "Important Lady of the _____________" rules in Ugarit in the 14th century BCE.
(a) Royal House
(b) Universe
(c) Royal Family
(d) World

3. Women lose ground in Mesopotamia as the _________ goddesses are relegated to the role of consorts to particular gods.
(a) Egyptian
(b) Ethiopian
(c) Libyan
(d) Sumerian

4. What kind of Sumerian writing allows the historians of the day to be able to find literature that was written about history?
(a) Numerological
(b) Cuneiform
(c) Block
(d) Astrological

5. Royal families were found to show that the Egyptian culture was ____________, according to Stone.
(a) Spiritual
(b) Religion-based
(c) Disorganized
(d) Matrilineal

Short Answer Questions

1. Which area has communal marriage, according to the writings of Diodorus?

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.

3. The Hebrew scriptures disguise ____________ as the male Ashtoreth and seek to discredit her, according to Stone.

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

5. Cretan women are _____________ free and enjoy high standing in their society, according to Stone.

(see the answer key)

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