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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is considered to be the prophet of the tribes and the first prophet of Yahweh?
(a) Moses
(b) Joseph
(c) David
(d) Abraham

2. The ____________ scroll describes the Levites' banners, dress, duties, and position in detail, according to Stone.
(a) Talmud
(b) Qumran
(c) Korun
(d) Joran

3. What is the mountain which is also given the moniker of the mountain of God in the Bible and in other stories?
(a) Mount Sinai
(b) Mount Olympus
(c) Mount Vesuvius
(d) Mount Anatolia

4. Yahweh may be derived from the Sanskrit meaning ____________, according to some scholars.
(a) Everything
(b) Control
(c) Male
(d) Everflowing

5. Later in the Bible, _______ becomes a term of rebuke, suggesting Abraham or Abraham's wife was Indo-European.
(a) Egyptian
(b) Christian
(c) Hittite
(d) Jewish

6. In Anatolia, ____________ declares that once a man has slept with a Goddess, he may never sleep with a woman.
(a) Inanna
(b) Osiris
(c) Inara
(d) Iris

7. Isis and ___________ are still widely worshiped in the Greco-Roman world at the time of the Apostle Paul.
(a) Athena
(b) Iris
(c) Menus
(d) Artemis

8. ____________, Adam's first wife, refuses to be sexually submissive and later becomes a demon in stories.
(a) Ruth
(b) Mary
(c) Eve
(d) Lilith

9. The annual death of the son/lover is connected to the ritual sacrifice of the ____________.
(a) First girl child
(b) Consort king
(c) Crops
(d) First calf

10. The Hebrews retain little knowledge of the battle between ______________ and the serpent Leviathan, though it is preserved in the Psalms.
(a) Jesus
(b) Abraham
(c) Paul
(d) Yahweh

11. Stone believes women were the first to connect ___________ and reproduction and to integrate the reality into religion.
(a) Blood
(b) Sex
(c) Unity
(d) Love

12. Who is NOT one of the historical figures who link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?
(a) David
(b) Joseph
(c) Abraham
(d) Moses

13. ___________ sacrifices are important to the Levite rites as to the Brahmins, according to Stone.
(a) Virgin
(b) Fire
(c) Weapon
(d) Goat

14. Who is the military hero in the tales of Gilgamesh, as the stories continue?
(a) Gilgamesh
(b) Athena
(c) Enkidu
(d) Inanna

15. Jeh is sexually defiled by the ___________ so she can defile all women who in turn defile all men, according to Stone.
(a) Indras
(b) Storm God
(c) Devil
(d) Goddess

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mesopotamian lamentation festival is connected with the __________ after the jubilation ceremonies of the sacred marriage.

2. The __________ at the time of Moses were the first to demand virginity until marriage for all women, according to Stone.

3. King ____________ is threatened with the loss of his kingdom for forsaking Yahweh and worshiping Ashtoreth.

4. King Jeroboam earlier in history made golden ________, symbols of the Goddess religion.

5. In 3000 BCE, _________ men are sacrificed at the grave of Osiris as a part of ritual regicide, according to Stone.

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