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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Women & Goddesses: Chapter 2, The Heroine in Everywoman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) She would have had greater success if her promiscuity had not tarnished her reputation.
(b) There is no indication that her career would have been affected had she been married.
(c) She was well-respected, in part due to her stable relationships and this contributed to her success.
(d) She had a great deal of success because people were always curious about her scandalous activities.

2. Why did Paris make his selection?
(a) The goddess agreed to make him rich.
(b) He was afraid of the wrath of the gods.
(c) The goddess promised him the most beautiful woman in the world as his wife.
(d) It was his honest opinion.

3. What was the benefit, or benefits, of Persephone's agreement?
(a) She was able to spend time with her mother.
(b) She could diversify the Olympian bloodline and still spend time with her mother.
(c) She was able to diversify the Olympian bloodline.
(d) There was no benefit to her agreement.

4. Who was Artemis' father?
(a) Hephaesteus.
(b) Hades.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

5. How do Demeter women view marriage?
(a) As a means to becoming a mother.
(b) As their ultimate goal in life.
(c) As an inconvenience and a bore.
(d) As a way to be spiritually united with their lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Persephone's kidnapper take her?

2. What is the second chapter about Aphrodite called?

3. Why did Artemis leave the city she lived in?

4. Non-heroines are governed by what goddesses?

5. What was Persephone's stipulation for her agreement?

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