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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. When inhabitants of a city-state left to form a new village, what did they take with them?
(a) Their animals.
(b) A piece of sacred fire.
(c) A piece of their temple.
(d) A piece of stone from their home.

2. Instead of martial vows, Hestia gained what special privilege?
(a) She outlived all of the other goddesses.
(b) She had the most offerings in her name.
(c) She had a beautiful singing voice.
(d) She was exceptionally good at hunting.

3. For what weapon did Artemis ask her father?
(a) Bow and arrow.
(b) Sling.
(c) Mace.
(d) Spear.

4. Book 2, Chapter 2, focuses on a particular of what type of therapy?
(a) Freudian.
(b) Behavioral modification.
(c) Limited exposure.
(d) Jungian.

5. With what did Artemis help her mother?
(a) Cooking and household duties.
(b) Her brother's birth.
(c) Caring for her father.
(d) Carrying water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who caused the male gods to fall in love with Hestia?

2. How many goddesses are in the first group?

3. From what culture did these goddesses originate?

4. What is an Athena woman's most likely downfall?

5. Why does the author choose to incorporate knowledge of the goddesses into her book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which goddesses are discussed in Book 2, Chapter 3?

2. How was Athena different from the other virgin goddesses?

3. What are Hestia's main characteristics?

4. How was Athena born?

5. What groups are the goddesses divided into?

6. What is one of the major characteristics of an Athena woman?

7. How are the three goddesses described in Book 2, Chapter 3?

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

9. The author of Goddesses in Everywoman is a proponent of what kind of therapy?

10. What example does the author use in Book 2, Chapter 1, to support her statement about the maternal instinct?

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