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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 inability to have control over him is what enabled her to be more powerful in other areas.
(b) Her mother was also unable to fully assert herself.
(c) Her husband is the most powerful of the Olympian gods.
(d) She had no desire to control him.

2. In Book 2, Chapter 11, the author uses what prominent female as an example?
(a) Florence Nightingale.
(b) Lou Salome.
(c) Marie Curie.
(d) Hillary Clinton.

3. What is often the most important part of the heroine's journey?
(a) Forming interpersonal relationships.
(b) Learning about herself.
(c) Being successful in her chosen profession.
(d) Surviving grief.

4. What defines the character of a heroine?
(a) Her physical and emotional strength.
(b) Her decisions and choices.
(c) Her genetics and lineage.
(d) Her intimate relationships.

5. What technique did all of the goddesses attempt to win the contest?
(a) Blackmail.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) Bribery.

6. Who was the father of Demeter's child?
(a) Hephaestus.
(b) Hades.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

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

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

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

10. People who make intentional choices with regard to self-sacrifice usually do so because of what concern(s)?
(a) A good reputation.
(b) Duty to family.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Caring what other people think.

11. The author feels that the goddesses are a great reminder, especially for women in a generation where they were encouraged to do what?
(a) Suppress their emotions.
(b) Be accomplished.
(c) Enlist in the armed forces.
(d) Have smaller families.

12. Who was Persephone's mother?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

13. According to the author, what do women need to be satisfied and fulfilled?
(a) To learn to cope with knowledge of their own shortcomings and inabilities.
(b) To keep busy and be successful, but still make time for themselves.
(c) To acknowledge which goddesses are present within her, and which are repressed.
(d) To fulfill the goals that are most important to them.

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

15. Persephone's father was also her what?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might some women feel sorry for Hera?

2. The "circle of fear" that the author refers to associates vulnerability with what?

3. Demeter is the patron goddess of what group of people?

4. What was written on the item Eris threw?

5. What is the first chapter about Aphrodite called?

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