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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author uses what type of woman as an example of an Aphrodite woman?
(a) A woman with a male mentor, whom others suspect of being lovers.
(b) A woman whose potential is not fully realized until she has a mate.
(c) A woman who is in touch and comfortable with her sexual nature.
(d) A woman who forms lasting relationships with ease.

2. Why does the author differentiate between heroines and non-heroines?
(a) She doesn't want readers to believe that every woman is a heroine.
(b) She doesn't want non-heroines to get less recognition.
(c) They have many of the same qualities and are sometimes difficult to differentiate.
(d) She wants readers to see that heroines have more desirable qualities.

3. Where were most of Demeter's maternal energies directed?
(a) To her nieces and nephews.
(b) To her only daughter.
(c) To the fertility of the Earth itself.
(d) To her many children.

4. What is the special ability or power of the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Bearing children.
(b) Maintaining relationships.
(c) Being superior to the male gods.
(d) Remaining chaste.

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

6. Why did Hera get married?
(a) Hera's husband kidnapped her and forced her into marrying him.
(b) Hera and her husband had to get married to preserve the purity of the Olympian bloodline.
(c) Hera's father forced her to marry her husband.
(d) Hera resisted her husband's amorous advances until he agreed to be her husband.

7. According to the author, what is part of overcoming depression?
(a) Forming new relationships.
(b) Discovering fulfilling activities.
(c) Developing an understanding of oneself.
(d) A letting go, or renewal.

8. According to Book 2, Chapter 7, what group of women would be associated with the goddesses in the previous chapter?
(a) Adolescent women.
(b) Elderly women.
(c) Mature women.
(d) Homosexual women.

9. What role do the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 7, play?
(a) Lover.
(b) Any combination of the three.
(c) Mother.
(d) Wife.

10. Eris is the Greek goddess of what?
(a) Grain and harvest.
(b) Strife and discord.
(c) Hunting and wisdom.
(d) Love and friendship.

11. What is the first chapter about Aphrodite called?
(a) "Aphrodite, the Transformative Goddess."
(b) "Aphrodite and Hephaestus."
(c) "The Alchemical Goddess."
(d) "Goddess of Love."

12. 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.

13. How is the union of Demeter and her mate described?
(a) The nature of their union is not specified.
(b) Joyful and consensual.
(c) Neither joyful and consensual, nor a rape.
(d) A rape.

14. The woman used as an example in Book 2, Chapter 11, had what sort of relationships with men?
(a) She had intimacies but never married.
(b) She was a feminist who hated men.
(c) She was married and divorced several times.
(d) She was happily married for many years.

15. What is the second chapter about Aphrodite called?
(a) "The Transformative Goddess."
(b) "Aphrodite and Hephaestus."
(c) "Goddess of Love and Beauty."
(d) "The Alchemical Goddess."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kidnapped Persephone?

2. What was the benefit, or benefits, of Persephone's agreement?

3. What emotions are part of Demeter's story?

4. Who was Demeter's only daughter?

5. What is NOT a suggestion, made by author, for ways a Demeter woman can avoid depression?

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