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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which goddess did the mortal man select as the winner?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

2. Who arrived with a message, regarding Persephone, for Persephone's mother?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Hephaestus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Adonis.

3. The author feels that the goddesses are a great reminder, especially for women in a generation where they were encouraged to do what?
(a) Enlist in the armed forces.
(b) Be accomplished.
(c) Have smaller families.
(d) Suppress their emotions.

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

5. Non-heroines are governed by what goddesses?
(a) Alchemical.
(b) Virgin.
(c) Vulnerable.
(d) Transformative.

6. Persephone's father was also her what?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Brother.
(d) Uncle.

7. Who decreed that the dispute between the goddesses should be settled by a mortal?
(a) Hera.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Athena.

8. What is the most powerful need for a Demeter woman?
(a) The need for acceptance.
(b) The need to nurture others.
(c) The need to create and be expressive.
(d) The need for challenge.

9. Where were most of Demeter's maternal energies directed?
(a) To her nieces and nephews.
(b) To the fertility of the Earth itself.
(c) To her many children.
(d) To her only daughter.

10. Who fought over the item that Eris tossed into the party?
(a) Hera, Athena, and Demeter.
(b) Athena, Persephone, and Hestia.
(c) Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena.
(d) Hera, Artemis, and Athena.

11. Eris is the Greek goddess of what?
(a) Grain and harvest.
(b) Hunting and wisdom.
(c) Strife and discord.
(d) Love and friendship.

12. What is the title of Book 2, Chapter 7?
(a) "The Maternal Goddesses."
(b) "The Transformative Goddesses."
(c) "The Vulnerable Goddesses."
(d) "The Virgin Goddesses."

13. Demeter is the patron goddess of what group of people?
(a) Blacksmiths.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Farmers.

14. Why is it easy, according to the author, to forgive Hera for not being "able to have full control over her own husband"?
(a) She had no desire to control him.
(b) Her mother was also unable to fully assert herself.
(c) Her husband is the most powerful of the Olympian gods.
(d) Her inability to have control over him is what enabled her to be more powerful in other areas.

15. Who was Demeter's only daughter?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hera get married?

2. What role do the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 7, play?

3. In the story of the heroine's journey, how does the heroine relate to herself?

4. According to the author, what group of women would be associated with the goddesses in Book 2, Chapter 7?

5. The woman used as an example in Book 2, Chapter 11, works in what field?

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