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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. Why does the author choose to incorporate knowledge of the goddesses into her book?
(a) Because she is a firm believer in the mythos and gods of the ancient pantheons.
(b) Because religion helps people find their reasons for living.
(c) Because the goddesses embody certain characteristics that every woman has.
(d) Because categorizing women's personalities using the goddesses helps them identify other women with similar characteristics, to whom they can relate.

2. The patterns and qualities discussed in Book 2, Chapter 2, are part of what?
(a) They are part of the psyche.
(b) They are part of the universal consciousness.
(c) They are part of the atmosphere and part of nothing at the same time.
(d) They are part of the spiritual realm.

3. Who caused the male gods to fall in love with Hestia?
(a) Hera.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Aphrodite.

4. The author differentiates between the "inner goddess" and the what?
(a) Psyche.
(b) Animus.
(c) Inner god.
(d) Outer goddess.

5. About what did the author have to wait to write a book?
(a) Mature women.
(b) Men.
(c) College.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artemis asked her father for what animals as companions?

2. From what culture did these goddesses originate?

3. What relationship is most important to an Athena woman?

4. Which archetypes have to be triggered?

5. What is an Athena woman's most likely downfall?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways was Athena similar to Artemis?

2. What example does the author use in Book 2, Chapter 1, to support her statement about the maternal instinct?

3. What groups are the goddesses divided into?

4. How does the author treat her patients?

5. What did Aphrodite do to Hestia?

6. What was Hestia's special privilege?

7. How are the three goddesses described in Book 2, Chapter 3?

8. The author of Goddesses in Everywoman is a proponent of what kind of therapy?

9. Which goddesses are discussed in Book 2, Chapter 3?

10. By what are women helped and hindered, according to Bolen?

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