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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Roman
(b) Hebrew
(c) Hittite
(d) Sumerian

3. 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

4. Brother-sister marriage is seen in Egypt in order to give _______ access to royal privilege as international marriages were prohibited.
(a) Men
(b) Daughters
(c) Sons
(d) Women

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ is the name given by scholars to Cretan cultural sites on the Greek mainland.

2. Stone's question is: What affect does worshiping a female deity and living in a _________ society have on women?

3. It appears that the critical element is matrilineal descent of name and ___________ rather than women in power.

4. In northern Canaan, Adath, the "Important Lady of the _____________" rules in Ugarit in the 14th century BCE.

5. Who is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven, according to historical scholars and to evidence from the time period?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the female deity of the time represented as when seem in pictures and in other works of art?

2. What are some of the qualities attributed to the Goddess Isis, as found by Diodorus?

3. How did Middle East societies look at the Goddess in their ancient times?

4. What is the effect the Adam and Eve story has had on the female child, according to the author?

5. What are the three types of evidence which seem to point out the existence of the Goddess in Upper Paleolithic times?

6. Why is the Upper Paleolithic existence of the Goddess speculative at the point of writing this book?

7. Why does brother-sister marriage develop in Egyptian times, according to scholar Dr. Margaret Murray?

8. Since little has survived about the Goddess in Sumerian times, how can one believe the Goddess was important?

9. What are some of the freedoms women in classical Greece still get access to?

10. What are some of the rights women are given in the Code of Hammurabi?

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