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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Goddesses: Chapter 11, The Alchemical Goddess- Aphrodite.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Athena's father?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Hades.

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

3. Book 2, Chapter, 3 is devoted to which group of goddesses?
(a) The vulnerable goddesses.
(b) The virgin goddesses.
(c) The maternal goddesses.
(d) The transformative goddesses.

4. Why does the author contrast the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) She doesn't think their similarities are important.
(b) She is afraid readers will get them confused with one another.
(c) Their differences are therapeutically relevant, whereas their similarities aren't.
(d) She doesn't want readers to think they are all the same.

5. According to the author, how do Hestian women feel about sex?
(a) They enjoy it but are comfortable without it for long periods of time.
(b) They don't enjoy it.
(c) They don't like to talk about it.
(d) They enjoy it and don't like going for long periods of time without it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food did Persephone's kidnapper offer to her?

2. Artemis is the goddess of what activity?

3. An Athena woman is the most apt to be able to survive what?

4. According to the author, what is often misinterpreted?

5. Book 2, Chapter 1 begins with a look at the formation of what?

(see the answer key)

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