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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. Where, in a woman's personality, might the goddess archetypes operate?
(a) Above her level of awareness.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) At her level of awareness.
(d) Below her level of awareness.

2. Who was Hera's husband?
(a) Adonis.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Hephaestus.

3. When presented with the reality of her situation, Persephone agreed to do what?
(a) Return to Olympus.
(b) Marry her kidnapper.
(c) Become a mortal.
(d) Live with her mother.

4. How does the heroine appear to others?
(a) Like an ordinary person.
(b) As a strange but compelling individual.
(c) As an extraordinary person that they have trouble relating to.
(d) As someone who has overcome astonishing odds.

5. The author states that Aphrodite helps people come closer to what state?
(a) Their home state.
(b) Their ideal state.
(c) Their resting state.
(d) Their golden state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hera get married?

2. In the story of the heroine's journey, how does the heroine relate to herself?

3. What defines the character of a heroine?

4. For the woman used as an example in Book 2, Chapter 11, what is the correlation between her relationships with men and her career success?

5. How is the union of Demeter and her mate described?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say about the "special woman" in Book 2, Chapter 11?

2. What war started as a result of Eris' trick?

3. What role does grief play in the heroine's journey?

4. What is the chief characteristic of the vulnerable goddesses?

5. What happened to the goddess Eris?

6. How does the author use a fiction novel as an example to illustrate her concept of the heroine?

7. What final arrangement was worked out between Persephone and her kidnapper?

8. What were Aphrodite's most important relationships?

9. Why are the goddesses great reminders, according to the author?

10. What is the "circle of fear"?

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