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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. Sue remembers the quote about using one's ___________ in service of one's vision is more important than fear.

2. What does Ariadne lower down to Theseus in order to help him get out of the labyrinth in the myth?

3. Sue realizes that she must become a sacred ____________ wherever she is in order to become the experience.

4. Where does Sue dream herself to be with the inspirational magazine that she has already signed a contract with?

5. Who begins to cry with Sue as they realize the pain that the dolphins may be experiencing as the result of mankind?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the story of Inanna, which Sue begins to relate to in her stay at the inn?

2. When Sandy and Sue come upon a large stone circle in Avebury, what does the guide book say it represents?

3. Why does Sue choose to display a picture of the Minoan Snake Goddess in her study?

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 Maya Angelou say in an interview which makes Sue begin to understand empowerment?

6. What does Sue take and then give an offering of another buffalo head nickel to balance the gift when she goes to see the buffaloes?

7. 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?

8. What are some of the things which can achieved by internalizing the Divine Feminine, according to the book?

9. What kind of music allows Sue to feel the radiant mystery of being embraced by the Goddess?

10. What does the much younger Sue want to do in response to the newspaper clipping that her mom has sent to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At first, Sandy reacts to the idea of the Goddess when they are in Avebury, thinking that it sounds odd.

Part 1: Why might Sandy have had the reaction that he did to the word Goddess?

Part 2: What might your reaction be to the word Goddess if you heard it uttered aloud?

Part 3: Do you think that all cultures have had some form of goddess worship at some point? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Sue begins to feel that her faith relies too heavily on the patriarchy and on the idea of a man being in charge at all times.

Part 1: Do you think that the patriarchy is in charge of the world as a whole?

Part 2: What are some of the problems of having a patriarchy system in place?

Part 3: How can the world change to be more balanced in terms of male and female power?

Essay Topic 3

To some readers, it might seem that Christianity is being attacked in this book.

Part 1: Do you think Christianity purposefully keeps women in a submissive position?

Part 2: How does the Church benefit from the submission of women?

Part 3: How might the Church be strengthened if it includes more women in roles of power and authority?

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