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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. Why might some women feel sorry for Hera?
(a) She fell in love with a mortal but could not have him.
(b) She was unable to have children.
(c) Her daughter was taken from her.
(d) She was constantly wronged by her husband.

2. Who fought over the item that Eris tossed into the party?
(a) Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena.
(b) Athena, Persephone, and Hestia.
(c) Hera, Artemis, and Athena.
(d) Hera, Athena, and Demeter.

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

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

5. What sort of term is "heroine"?
(a) Elitist.
(b) Semantic.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Anachronistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eris is the Greek goddess of what?

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

3. Where, in a woman's personality, might the goddess archetypes operate?

4. In Book 2, Chapter 11, the author uses what prominent female as an example?

5. Non-heroines are governed by what goddesses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does grief play in the heroine's journey?

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

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

4. How was Demeter different from the other goddesses?

5. What were Aphrodite's most important relationships?

6. What is suggested by the switch from the virgin goddesses to the vulnerable ones?

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

8. What constitutes the nature of a heroine?

9. Aside from her mother and her husband, what was Persephone's other major relationship?

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

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