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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 was Persephone's stipulation for her agreement?
(a) She must be allowed to have relationships outside of marriage.
(b) She cannot be trapped in the Underworld.
(c) She must not be required to bear children.
(d) She must not be required to marry her kidnapper.

2. How does the author think women will feel about this set of goddesses as opposed to the last?
(a) They possess qualities that are more common in women.
(b) They are less relevant to modern women's lives.
(c) They are not as comfortable with men.
(d) They are a pleasurable counterweight.

3. What role do the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 7, play?
(a) Mother.
(b) Lover.
(c) Wife.
(d) Any combination of the three.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered Persephone's return?

2. According to the author, what happens to non-heroines?

3. Who decreed that the dispute between the goddesses should be settled by a mortal?

4. Who fought over the item that Eris tossed into the party?

5. How many generations of incestuous relationships are detailed in Greek mythology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What constitutes the nature of a heroine?

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

3. What happened to the goddess Eris?

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

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

6. How was Demeter different from the other goddesses?

7. Aphrodite is the goddess of what?

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

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

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

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