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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. in around 1930 BCE, ancient customers justify military conquests and marrying the high priestess legitimizes __________ in the eyes of the people.
(a) Goddesses
(b) Kings
(c) Religion
(d) Wars

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

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

5. Who were thought to have been dispossessed of Palestine by the Hebrews because of their abominations?
(a) Jews
(b) Christans
(c) Canaanites
(d) Hittites

6. Who is the wild man of the woods in the story of Gilgamesh who appears and is extravagantly treated?
(a) Enkidu
(b) Gilgamesh
(c) Attilla
(d) Ishtar

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

8. Who sees a vision of a mysterious figure at the temple fate who tells of 'filthy things' going on inside?
(a) Moses
(b) David
(c) Solomon
(d) Ezekiel

9. The Psalms show Yahweh heaping __________ on the wicked, consuming them with fire, according to Stone.
(a) Sparks
(b) Ashes
(c) Coals
(d) Wood

10. Anath buries _____ and avenges him gruesomely, and then allows him to re-enter the world of the living.
(a) Baal
(b) Horus
(c) Anubis
(d) Baat

11. The __________ at the time of Moses were the first to demand virginity until marriage for all women, according to Stone.
(a) Hittites
(b) Canaanites
(c) Luvrites
(d) Levites

12. Clement of Alexandria quotes Christ, saying he has come to destroy the works of the ___________.
(a) Devil
(b) Witch
(c) Darkness
(d) Female

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

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

15. Sacred women are found in Sumerian texts. They esteem the Queen of ____ and she in turn protects them.
(a) Sky
(b) Light
(c) Heaven
(d) Earth

Short Answer Questions

1. By Babylonian times, kinds are still appointed by _________ but not put to death, according to Stone.

2. Zeus is worshiped on Crete as the son of his mother __________ and in one legend sexually attacks her.

3. When the worship of the Egyptian _________ comes to Rome, sacred women follow the ancient customs there.

4. Pagan ways may have entered through King Solomon's 700 woman ________, according to Stone.

5. In some areas, ______________ replaces the actual death of the substitute king, according to Stone.

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