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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Greek accounts of women defending ancient shrines and expelling invaders may be the basis for ____________ legends.

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. At Nimrud, documents show that women still serve as ____________ and magistrates in the 8th century BCE.

4. Royal families were found to show that the Egyptian culture was ____________, according to Stone.

5. One theory is that the woman's ability to produce ___________ so awes men that they worship women.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. During the 18th dynasty in Egypt, women's roles are severely changed - what did they change to and from?

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

4. What is similar in the Paleolithic and Neolithic figurines of the Goddess?

5. How does the Goddess movement and belief system survive, even though the male deity movement continues to take hold?

6. What do love poems of Egyptian times have to say about the Egyptian woman's role in the courtship with a man?

7. Why are Hebrew women supposed to be inferior to their neighbors, according to the Priest/archaeologist Roland de Vaux?

8. Where does the word, "Hurrian," come from? What is its meaning and its roots?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relation between the snake and the woman/Goddess is clear from the text and from the art and historical research that is presented in the book.

Part 1: Why does the snake make sense as a symbol for the Goddess in the book?

Part 2: Why does the snake seem to be a less than appropriate symbol for the Goddess?

Part 3: What do you think the link between the snake and the Goddess is? Why is this important?

Essay Topic 2

The role of sex and sexual relations is one that is much different in Goddess-based societies.

Part 1: Why do you think women in the past were not in more committed and monogamous relationships?

Part 2: Why do you think these sorts of relationships worked in those times?

Part 3: What do you think of men these days who 'sleep around'? How are they seen? How are women who 'sleep around' seen in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

The rules imposed on women by other groups, the Levites, for example, cause the roles of women to be shifted to powerlessness.

Part 1: Why do you think women were not seen as the equals of men?

Part 2: Why do you think the rules were so strict for women in those times of society?

Part 3: How do you think women felt about the rules being placed on them?

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