The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine Test | Final Test - Medium

Sue Monk Kidd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine Test | Final Test - Medium

Sue Monk Kidd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Sue encounter when she stays at her bed and breakfast in complete isolation from others?
(a) Black memory.
(b) True depth.
(c) Awful abyss.
(d) White light.

2. What animal does Sue feel to be the symbol of woman's deepest center, as she reads her book?
(a) Horse.
(b) Bird.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Unicorn.

3. Who begins to cry with Sue as they realize the pain that the dolphins may be experiencing as the result of mankind?
(a) Ann.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Betty.
(d) No one.

4. Sue wonders if she has the ____________ in order to plant her journey in the world.
(a) Ovaries.
(b) Stones.
(c) Guts.
(d) Balls.

5. 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) Maya Angelou.
(b) Anne Sexton.
(c) Mary Oliver.
(d) William Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order for a woman to begin to seek the Sacred Feminine, she must first make the Great __________, according to Sue.

2. __________ is a grace and cannot be forced, but one can create a refuge for it to take place.

3. There are times when Sue begins to worry that she might __________ and that she is dissolving. It scares her.

4. What do Sue and Betty do in the grove of trees until they feel tired and spent?

5. Sue believes that a fear of female sexuality has crippled Western _____________, since the Bible does talk about humans (men and women) being made in God's image.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sue begins to think about the idea of polluted waters and the dolphins swimming in them?

2. What are the choices from which Sue can choose to celebrate the Divine Feminine?

3. What does Sue long for in her own marriage at this point of her journey to the Sacred Feminine?

4. What does Sue do with the other women who have traveled to one of the last places the Great Goddess flourishes?

5. What does Sue see to be a sacred place when she visits and sees a replica of Da Vinci's Cartoon of St. Anne?

6. Why does the Goddess Hera take an annual bath at Kanathos, according to Sue's findings?

7. What does Sandy surprise Sue with when she lands at the airport after her trip to a speaking engagement?

8. Who are the "kjerringsleppet" that Sue recalls in her writing in this section?

9. What does the picture of Sappho have to tell Sue, although the other pictures in the museum do not affect her in the same way?

10. What does Maya Angelou say in an interview which makes Sue begin to understand empowerment?

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