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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, La Selva Subterranea: Initiation in the Underground Forest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the biggest change in the man after he came back? He began to ____________ his wife.
(a) Frighten.
(b) Hit.
(c) Listen to.
(d) Hide from.

2. Who goes off to visit the woman/women instead of the man since he is pushed away by the father each time?
(a) A little dog.
(b) The wolf.
(c) A bird.
(d) A mouse.

3. The ________, or some other symptom, will appear soon or later, sending the woman a message that she needs to return home.
(a) Light.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Skin.
(d) God.

4. Taoists call women the ____________ through which all human life emerges, whether they are male or female.
(a) Doorway.
(b) Arch.
(c) Gateway.
(d) Womb.

5. Who eventually finds the Skeleton Woman, though he is not necessarily pleased with this discovery?
(a) A child.
(b) A prince.
(c) A priest.
(d) A fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the skin that the person ends up finding for the woman? It is her ________.

2. What has the family not mastered, which is why the young girl is sent out on her quest, a common one for the time period?

3. A young couple was married before the husband had to go _______________.

4. Where does the man intend to go as he is leaving the woman and bringing their children with him?

5. What is NOT one of the secret worlds that Estes talks about in the section of the Body in Fairy Tales?

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