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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 animal does Sue feel to be the symbol of woman's deepest center, as she reads her book?

2. What is the nickname Sue gives to the buffalo which she thinks she is buying as she is a kid?

3. Crete is one of the last places on Earth where the Great ___________ still flourishes, so Sue visits this place.

4. What do Betty and Sue begin to dig up which they later realize to be symbolic of their journey?

5. What does Sue encounter when she stays at her bed and breakfast in complete isolation from others?

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

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

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

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

8. While she plans many rituals, Sue does not realize that these rituals serve a purpose in her journey? What do these rituals do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Sue realizes that women are conditioned to turn to men for solutions and for insight into their troubles.

Part 1: What is wrong with turning to someone else when you have a problem?

Part 2: Why are women told to turn to men in order to help them when they are troubled?

Part 3: What part do men play in this relationship of women turning to men for help? How do they support this dependent relationship?

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