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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What requires vulnerability to exist?

2. Who was Hera's husband?

3. According to the author, women often experience anxiety, or a sense of defeat, because of what?

4. For the woman used as an example in Book 2, Chapter 11, what is the correlation between her relationships with men and her career success?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is most important for Demeter women?

4. What constitutes the nature of a heroine?

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

6. How was Demeter different from the other goddesses?

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

8. What is the "circle of fear"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the vulnerable goddesses. What are their defining characteristics? What do they all have in common? What makes them different from one another? Which types of women identify with each goddess? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the virgin goddesses. What are their defining characteristics? What do they all have in common? What makes them different from one another? Which types of women identify with each goddess? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Goddesses in Everywoman is, obviously, written for women. What would change about the lessons contained in the book if it were geared toward men? What portions of the book are specifically for women, and could not be altered to suit men? Why? If the book were written for men, what gods might be used? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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