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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. Eris wasn't invited to what kind of party?
(a) A wedding party.
(b) A birthday party.
(c) A baby shower.
(d) An anniversary dinner.

2. How is the union of Demeter and her mate described?
(a) Joyful and consensual.
(b) Neither joyful and consensual, nor a rape.
(c) The nature of their union is not specified.
(d) A rape.

3. What is the title of Book 2, Chapter 7?
(a) "The Vulnerable Goddesses."
(b) "The Virgin Goddesses."
(c) "The Maternal Goddesses."
(d) "The Transformative Goddesses."

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

5. The author assumes that, for many readers, vulnerability is closely associated with what?
(a) Discomfort.
(b) Trust.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most powerful and influential bond in Demeter's life?

2. How does the heroine appear to others?

3. What was Demeter's marital status?

4. Why did Hera get married?

5. Aphrodite is the goddess of what kind(s) of love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the benefits of the arrangement that Persephone makes?

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

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

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

5. How did Hera and her husband meet and marry?

6. Why are the goddesses great reminders, according to the author?

7. What constitutes the nature of a heroine?

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

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

10. How does the author use a fiction novel as an example to illustrate her concept of the heroine?

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