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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author think women will feel about this set of goddesses as opposed to the last?
(a) They are a pleasurable counterweight.
(b) They possess qualities that are more common in women.
(c) They are not as comfortable with men.
(d) They are less relevant to modern women's lives.

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

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

4. Aphrodite is the goddess of what kind(s) of love?
(a) Sexual love.
(b) Romantic love.
(c) All kinds.
(d) Platonic love.

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

6. According to the author, what happens to non-heroines?
(a) They are often repressed and looked down upon by heroines.
(b) They go along with others to such a degree that they cease to live their own lives.
(c) They don't have rewarding intimate relationships.
(d) They are depressed, and emotionally unstable.

7. What requires vulnerability to exist?
(a) Healthy sex lives.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Healthy relationships.
(d) Healthy intimacies.

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

9. According to the author, what initially inspires many heroines?
(a) The desire to be successful.
(b) The desire to find others like themselves.
(c) The need to be needed.
(d) The need to be recognized.

10. Who kidnapped Persephone?
(a) Hades.
(b) Hephaestus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Adonis.

11. What emotions are part of Demeter's story?
(a) Depression.
(b) Devotion.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) A need for help.

12. What item did Eris throw into the middle of the party?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A pomegranate.
(c) A rose.
(d) An apple.

13. What food did Persephone's kidnapper offer to her?
(a) Pomegranate seeds.
(b) Apple.
(c) Pear.
(d) Grapes.

14. What is the goddess Eris's role in women's lives?
(a) Fostering relationships between women and those closest to them.
(b) Creating discord within a woman's self, or between her and others.
(c) Helping women to understand their personal needs.
(d) Allowing women to be independent and self-sufficient.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Demeter's marital status?

2. In Book 2, Chapter 11, the author compares people to what?

3. What sort of term is "heroine"?

4. Who fought over the item that Eris tossed into the party?

5. Which goddess did the mortal man select as the winner?

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