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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. The Sacred Feminine keeps a woman powerful and __________ in herself but connected to everything else in the world.
(a) Honorable.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Permissive.
(d) Grounded.

2. Who was called the second in creation and the first to sin in the teachings of Sue's Baptist upbringing?
(a) Lilith.
(b) Eve.
(c) Adam.
(d) Mary.

3. Who was at the top of the chart the visiting preacher had drawn in order to show the idea of a God-ordained family?
(a) Woman.
(b) Church.
(c) God.
(d) Man.

4. Which sisters in the Sexton poem try to cut off their toes in order to make the shoe fit?
(a) Sleeping Beauty's.
(b) Margaret's.
(c) Cinderella's.
(d) Mary's.

5. What is Sue's daughter stocking when the incident with the men takes place in the beginning of the book?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Milk.
(c) Soup.
(d) Chocolates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Sue as she begins to do some research, although she does not take any action as a result?

2. Alice Walker says that if you are able to write or paint your pain, it will be very ____________ for a person.

3. What does Sue learn that some people think that ERA stands for, in addition to Equal Rights Amendment?

4. Sue realizes she has labeled herself the __________ woman, putting male authority figures at the center of her life and accepting a secondary role.

5. Sue feels that teenage girls begin to change in those years, sleeping _________ and seeing fitful glimpses of fearful truth.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the old woman's t-shirt say which Sue sees when she tries to envision a world which is equal?

2. How does Sue define her state of being an Unambiguous Woman? What does this mean she does in relation to men?

3. What are the differences between men and women as pointed out in the section called, "Spirit Over Nature?"

4. What are some of the ways in which snakes have been interpreted in other readings, besides being evil in the Garden of Eden?

5. How does Sue try to avoid dealing with the emerging realization of the Feminine Wound in this section of the book?

6. How does Sue feel that the scriptures in the Church are explained away, reducing the power of females?

7. How does Sue feel that women have become inferior in the way they think and behave, even though they are not this way naturally?

8. What is Sue's daughter doing when the two men begin to make insulting comments to her in the opening pages of the book?

9. How would a person describe the life of Sue Monk Kidd at this point of the book in relation to her family, profession, and religion?

10. What happens the first time that Sue points out that women get a rotten deal when it comes to society?

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