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

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 - Hard

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 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the dream of Sue has that she awakens from feeling reunited with this lost and defiled symbol of feminine instinct?

2. What does Sue have done in relation to her face when she is out in Crete with Terry during her trip?

3. When women speak truly, they speak subversively and refuse to be _________, according to Sue.

4. To whom does Sue first pray to as the plane is descending to the speaking engagement's location?

5. What path must a person follow, although it may be painful and alluring at the same time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sue believe is happening to the new girl-child who has been birthed by her awakening?

3. What does Sue see in a magazine as the plane is beginning to descend from the sky and she wishes she could disappear into that image?

4. What happens when Betty and Sue begin to dig up two stumps? What do they find they have done?

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

7. What does Sue learn to be the name of the Goddess during a dream of her birth?

8. What does Sue plant in her backyard in order to create a space for being with the Divine Feminine?

9. 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?

10. Why does Sue begin to realize that attachment to the confining patriarchal world must die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The mother-daughter relationship can be complicated.

Part 1: Why do you think the mother-daughter relationship is often so difficult?

Part 2: Does the relationship between Sue and her daughter seem to be difficult?

Part 3: How do you think mothers and daughters can learn to be more supportive and understanding with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Sue feels that she needs to have a sort of turning point in which she realizes she can not go back to the way she was.

Part 1: Why do you think this sort of turning point is essential in one's spiritual journey?

Part 2: What might have happened if Sue had not had this turning point in her life?

Part 3: Do you feel that you have had to reach certain turning points in order to change your own life?

Essay Topic 3

Sue is worried that her new viewpoint on the world will affect her marriage to Sandy.

Part 1: Do you think a marriage should be able to survive an awakening by one person in the partnership?

Part 2: Why do you think that Sandy tries to talk her out of the feminist thing?

Part 3: Do you think that Sue would continue her quest if she were to lose Sandy in the process?

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