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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. In Anatolia, ____________ declares that once a man has slept with a Goddess, he may never sleep with a woman.

2. In an Iranian tale, __________ is warned that people have sinned, so he should build a vara, or fortress to protect civlization.

3. How many tribes are created when the Levites are preparing to invade Canaan, according to Stone?

4. In Neolithic periods, female monarchs rule ____________, according to the findings of scholars.

5. After the division of the Hebrew states, Baal, the storm god, assimilates with the Goddess _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the ways the word 'qudishtu' is defined during the times of Moses?

2. After the division of the Hebrew states, what happens to the Storm God Baal?

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

4. Who is Abraham as he relates to the Hebrews and to the Indo-Europeans?

5. Why is it thought that the Canaanites were dispossessed of Palestine by the Hebrews?

6. What is the Mesopotamian lamentation festival connected with in ancient times?

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

8. What happens to kinds in the time of the Babylonians as they are not killed at their end of their service?

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

10. Why do the people in the birthplace of Christianity and Judaism worship two different deities? And which deities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the role of the patriarchal society grows, it seems that society shifts and changes as well.

Part 1: Why do you think the patriarchal society came into being?

Part 2: Why do you think people were willing to shift to the patriarchal society?

Part 3: Why didn't the matriarchal and the patriarchal society come to a compromise instead of a one or the other mentality?

Essay Topic 2

As groups conquered other lands, they forced their religion and their beliefs on those they conquered.

Part 1: Why was it important to spread one's religion and beliefs to other countries?

Part 2: Why were some people resistant to changing their beliefs?

Part 3: Why did some of these conquering people try to incorporate old beliefs in with the 'new' beliefs they brought to the lands?

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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