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

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

3. How does the heroine appear to others?
(a) Like an ordinary person.
(b) As a strange but compelling individual.
(c) As someone who has overcome astonishing odds.
(d) As an extraordinary person that they have trouble relating to.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the father of Demeter's child?

2. Why is it easy, according to the author, to forgive Hera for not being "able to have full control over her own husband"?

3. What group of women might identify with Hera?

4. What sort of term is "heroine"?

5. What is the second chapter about Aphrodite called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say about the "special woman" in Book 2, Chapter 11?

2. What final arrangement was worked out between Persephone and her kidnapper?

3. What happened to the goddesses as a result of Eris' trick?

4. What war started as a result of Eris' trick?

5. What happened when Persephone was kidnapped?

6. What are some of the characteristics of a Hera woman?

7. What did Eris do in response to the affront she received?

8. What is the chief characteristic of the vulnerable goddesses?

9. How do women often react to the story of Hera?

10. What is Hera's position in the Olympian family of gods?

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