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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says in Book 2, Chapter 2, that she devotes the rest of Book 2 to doing what with the goddesses?
(a) Determining the symbolism of their respective mythos.
(b) Disproving their stories.
(c) Showing the ways in which they are outdated and don't apply to modern society.
(d) Evaluating them, in-depth.

2. Who was Athena's mother?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) She didn't have one.
(d) Hera.

3. What sad truth does the author unveil in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Some women give birth and discover they don't have a bond with their own baby.
(b) When a woman forms this bond with someone else's child, it is hard for her to recover.
(c) Some women lose their babies and never have a special bond with their other children.
(d) Some women never form a special, intimate bond with a child.

4. Artemis was the first-born of what?
(a) A set of triplets.
(b) A set of twins.
(c) Six girls.
(d) Three girls and two boys.

5. What relationship is most important to an Athena woman?
(a) Her spouse.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her siblings.
(d) Her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third group of goddesses called?

2. What word is used to describe the goddesses' role in this book?

3. Who were Athena's usual companions?

4. When was Apollo born?

5. Who did Artemis want for her companions?

Short Essay Questions

1. By what are women helped and hindered, according to Bolen?

2. Why does the author choose to contrast the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 3?

3. How does the author treat her patients?

4. What does the author say about babies in Book 2, Chapter 1?

5. How does Book 2, Chapter 1, begin?

6. According to the introductory information, to what is the second portion of the book dedicated?

7. What are the two types of archetypes in the universe, described by Bolen?

8. How was Athena born?

9. How many years passed between the editions of Goddesses in Everywoman?

10. In what ways was Athena similar to Artemis?

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