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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 2, Chapter 11, the author uses what prominent female as an example?
(a) Florence Nightingale.
(b) Lou Salome.
(c) Marie Curie.
(d) Hillary Clinton.

2. What group of women might identify with Hera?
(a) Women who are unable to assert themselves.
(b) Women who constantly live in the shadow of their powerful husband.
(c) Women who have experienced sexual jealousy.
(d) Women who are also infertile.

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

4. The author uses what type of woman as an example of an Aphrodite woman?
(a) A woman who is in touch and comfortable with her sexual nature.
(b) A woman with a male mentor, whom others suspect of being lovers.
(c) A woman whose potential is not fully realized until she has a mate.
(d) A woman who forms lasting relationships with ease.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the father of Demeter's child?

2. Why is it easy, according to the author, to forgive Hera for not being "able to have full control over her own husband"?

3. Hera is the first of a group of goddesses described as what?

4. Demeter is the patron goddess of what group of people?

5. Which goddess did the mortal man select as the winner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the goddess Eris?

2. How was Demeter different from the other goddesses?

3. What does the author say about the "special woman" in Book 2, Chapter 11?

4. What happened to the goddesses as a result of Eris' trick?

5. What is the chief characteristic of the vulnerable goddesses?

6. How do women often react to the story of Hera?

7. What happened when Persephone was kidnapped?

8. What is most important for Demeter women?

9. What did Eris do in response to the affront she received?

10. What are some of the characteristics of a Hera woman?

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