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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _____________ are a priestly caste that hoards sacred hieroglyphs for their own sacred purposes, according to Stone.
(a) Hittites
(b) Ashrates
(c) Luvians
(d) Stupents

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

3. The mountain-god ___________ rapes the Goddess' daughter Ninlil who is later said to be his wife, according to older documentation.
(a) Indana
(b) Enlil
(c) Indru
(d) Envil

4. Because Egyptian myths are cumulative, both Horus and Osiris can fight Set, but only ___________ dies.
(a) Isis
(b) Set
(c) Horus
(d) Osiris

5. The Indo-Europeans resent the Cretan legend of the death of Zeus, insisting he is _________.
(a) In another land
(b) Between the worlds
(c) Immortal
(d) Killed in another way

Short Answer Questions

1. In Neolithic periods, female monarchs rule ____________, according to the findings of scholars.

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

4. Inanna has been proven to have killed her consort for his ____________, which appears to be a rarity.

5. Some priestesses act as _______, providing military and political advice to royalty, though the men begin to outnumber them.

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