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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Hera's husband was also her what?
(a) Nephew.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Brother.
2. People who make intentional choices with regard to self-sacrifice usually do so because of what concern(s)?
(a) A good reputation.
(b) Caring what other people think.
(c) Duty to family.
(d) All answers are correct.
3. The woman used as an example in Book 2, Chapter 11, works in what field?
(a) Biology.
(b) Art.
(c) Writing.
(d) Philosophy.
4. What is the goddess Eris's role in women's lives?
(a) Creating discord within a woman's self, or between her and others.
(b) Allowing women to be independent and self-sufficient.
(c) Helping women to understand their personal needs.
(d) Fostering relationships between women and those closest to them.
5. According to the author, what might some women like about Hera?
(a) Her tenacious defense of her children.
(b) Her compassion and forgiveness.
(c) Her unyielding commitment to her own desires.
(d) Her ability to fight with her husband instead of passively accepting her circumstances.
6. How does the heroine appear to others?
(a) As an extraordinary person that they have trouble relating to.
(b) As a strange but compelling individual.
(c) Like an ordinary person.
(d) As someone who has overcome astonishing odds.
7. What is often the most important part of the heroine's journey?
(a) Being successful in her chosen profession.
(b) Learning about herself.
(c) Forming interpersonal relationships.
(d) Surviving grief.
8. Who was Persephone's mother?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Artemis.
9. What item did Eris throw into the middle of the party?
(a) A rose.
(b) An apple.
(c) A pomegranate.
(d) A bracelet.
10. What is the first chapter about Aphrodite called?
(a) "Aphrodite and Hephaestus."
(b) "The Alchemical Goddess."
(c) "Aphrodite, the Transformative Goddess."
(d) "Goddess of Love."
11. Where were most of Demeter's maternal energies directed?
(a) To her only daughter.
(b) To her nieces and nephews.
(c) To the fertility of the Earth itself.
(d) To her many children.
12. Why is it easy, according to the author, to forgive Hera for not being "able to have full control over her own husband"?
(a) Her husband is the most powerful of the Olympian gods.
(b) Her inability to have control over him is what enabled her to be more powerful in other areas.
(c) She had no desire to control him.
(d) Her mother was also unable to fully assert herself.
13. What is the title of Book 2, Chapter 7?
(a) "The Transformative Goddesses."
(b) "The Vulnerable Goddesses."
(c) "The Maternal Goddesses."
(d) "The Virgin Goddesses."
14. The author feels that the goddesses are a great reminder, especially for women in a generation where they were encouraged to do what?
(a) Have smaller families.
(b) Be accomplished.
(c) Suppress their emotions.
(d) Enlist in the armed forces.
15. What is the most powerful need for a Demeter woman?
(a) The need for acceptance.
(b) The need for challenge.
(c) The need to create and be expressive.
(d) The need to nurture others.
Short Answer Questions
1. Hera reacted negatively to which of her husband's habits?
2. Persephone's father was also her what?
3. Where, in a woman's personality, might the goddess archetypes operate?
4. Aphrodite's husband was the god of what skill?
5. What emotions are part of Demeter's story?
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