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

2. In Neolithic periods, female monarchs rule ____________, according to the findings of scholars.
(a) Theoretically
(b) Lightly
(c) Harshly
(d) Divinely

3. By Babylonian times, kinds are still appointed by _________ but not put to death, according to Stone.
(a) Inanna
(b) Abraham
(c) Jeusut
(d) Isthar

4. In Canaan, women have sex with males in the community who come to honor ____________, according to Stone.
(a) The Goddess
(b) The powers of nature
(c) The temple
(d) The Universe

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Stone believes women were the first to connect ___________ and reproduction and to integrate the reality into religion.

2. Clement of Alexandria quotes Christ, saying he has come to destroy the works of the ___________.

3. in around 1930 BCE, ancient customers justify military conquests and marrying the high priestess legitimizes __________ in the eyes of the people.

4. Because Egyptian myths are cumulative, both Horus and Osiris can fight Set, but only ___________ dies.

5. The _____________ are a priestly caste that hoards sacred hieroglyphs for their own sacred purposes, according to Stone.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Lilith in the Hebrew story of her and Adam in the creation myth?

2. What happens to the consort of the priestess at the end of his time with her in their sacred relationship?

3. How do males attain power in the society where female monarchs rule divinely, appointed by female divinities?

4. How are 'pagan' ways thought to have entered into King Solomon's kingdom?

5. What does the term 'levirate marriage' refer to within the context of history?

6. What were the abominations of the Canaanites that made them less than acceptable to the Hebrews?

7. What are the names of the three men who all link the Hebrews with Egypt's Indo-European royalty?

8. Why does Gilgamesh spurn the proposal of marriage from Ishtar when she asks him to marry her?

9. What are some of the things the Levites do in order to discredit Ashtoreth?

10. What are some of the activities that take place at the temples of the era in which women ruled?

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