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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Women & Goddesses: Chapter 2, The Heroine in Everywoman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped with Athena's birth?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Hephaestus.
(d) Artemis.

2. For the woman used as an example in Book 2, Chapter 11, what is the correlation between her relationships with men and her career success?
(a) She would have had greater success if her promiscuity had not tarnished her reputation.
(b) There is no indication that her career would have been affected had she been married.
(c) She was well-respected, in part due to her stable relationships and this contributed to her success.
(d) She had a great deal of success because people were always curious about her scandalous activities.

3. According to the author, what happens to non-heroines?
(a) They are often repressed and looked down upon by heroines.
(b) They don't have rewarding intimate relationships.
(c) They are depressed, and emotionally unstable.
(d) They go along with others to such a degree that they cease to live their own lives.

4. What is the main subject of Book 2?
(a) Friendships.
(b) Children.
(c) Romantic relationships.
(d) Goddesses.

5. According to the author, what group of women would be associated with the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Elderly women.
(b) Mature, maternal women.
(c) Homosexual women.
(d) Adolescent women.

Short Answer Questions

1. The same emotion that is triggered by having a baby can also be triggered by what?

2. How many goddesses are written about in each chapter?

3. What is the second of two factors that would trouble an Athena woman whose marriage was dissolved?

4. Instead of martial vows, Hestia gained what special privilege?

5. Which archetypes have to be triggered?

(see the answer key)

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