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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the group of Chinese Americans doing when Sue encounters them as she walks by herself?
(a) Tai Chi.
(b) Goddess worship.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Taking pictures.

2. Sue believes that women need to unlearn ___________ lessons about the shame and the curse of being a woman.
(a) God's.
(b) Their own.
(c) Their family's.
(d) Christianity's.

3. Sue learns that while ___________ times where not utopian, they were nonviolent, egalitarian, and do not split nature and spirit.
(a) Balanced.
(b) Jesus'.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Matriarchal.

4. To whom does Sue first pray to as the plane is descending to the speaking engagement's location?
(a) Herself.
(b) Woman child.
(c) Mother.
(d) Mothergod.

5. What does Sue encounter when she stays at her bed and breakfast in complete isolation from others?
(a) White light.
(b) Awful abyss.
(c) Black memory.
(d) True depth.

6. When one belongs to oneself, one can connect with the rest of ___________ without being trapped or dependent.
(a) Life.
(b) Womanhood.
(c) Buffaloes.
(d) God.

7. Who does Sue recall saying that a write needs to have something to say, the ability to express it, and the courage to express it all?
(a) Anne Sexton.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Mary Oliver.

8. The newly awakened woman is a _______ transplanted into hostile soil, until it finds ground in a circle of trees.
(a) Seed.
(b) Stone.
(c) Leaf.
(d) Sapling.

9. The _______________ of Meinrad Craighead reminds Sue of the Cartoon of St. Anne, when she and Betty visit.
(a) Mother Mary.
(b) Madonna.
(c) Goddess statue.
(d) Hagia Sophia.

10. What can rise inside once the attachment to the confining patriarchal world dies, according to the author?
(a) New family.
(b) New being.
(c) New life.
(d) New mystery.

11. The ___________ tree of Sue's writing career is full and just needs a stiff wind in order to be reoriented.
(a) Nut.
(b) Cottonwood.
(c) Almond.
(d) Maple.

12. When relating to Herself, a woman can attain a natural ______________ in her own life.
(a) Joy.
(b) Connectedness.
(c) Energy.
(d) Peace.

13. The Divine Feminine symbol eliminates __________ by leaving noting outside the realm of divinity.
(a) Choice.
(b) Honor.
(c) Men.
(d) Dualism.

14. When Sue's hands are bound together, she admits that _________ and silence are what bind her in her life.
(a) Truth.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Duty.
(d) Fear.

15. To what does Sue compare herself when she is lying in her bed at the bed and breakfast, feeling empty and drained?
(a) A funnel.
(b) Empty windsock.
(c) An hourglass.
(d) A plastic bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Goddess does Sue connect with when she is inside of the cave during a later adventure? The Goddess of the _______.

2. Janet Frame remembers a teacher once praising her for being quiet and no ____________ at all.

3. Sue decides that it is best for her to speak about __________ as being female and male, equally.

4. A male priest friend tells Sue that she is ____________ her children with the things she is doing.

5. What do Sue and Sandy find which is bigger than Stonehenge when they are visiting Avebury?

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