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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 did other women help the author to do?
2. The theory discussed in Cook 2, Chapter 2 postulates that there are what types of patterns and qualities?
3. How long had the author had her own mental health practice when she wrote the first edition of Goddesses in Everywoman?
4. Athena was the patron goddess of what city?
5. Artemis developed a reputation for being helpful to whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What groups are the goddesses divided into?
2. What example does the author use to explain the difference in the archetypes?
3. What does Bolen say sometimes happens to women when they have children?
4. What are Hestia's main characteristics?
5. What did Aphrodite do to Hestia?
6. What are the "animus" and inner goddess, as defined by the author in Book 2, Chapter 3?
7. What was Hestia's special privilege?
8. How does Book 2, Chapter 1, begin?
9. What qualities does a Hestia woman possess?
10. How was Athena born?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author states that therapy is a means of self-care and empowerment for women. Do you agree? What skills do women learn in therapy that enable them to better care for themselves? Is there any other way for them to learn these skills? Are there any circumstances in which therapy doesn't help? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
Artemis displays a rather constant preference for females, while Athena is almost always in the company of men or boys. Why is this so? What is the difference in the ways the two goddesses relate to men? What do they have in common? What information can we gather about the personalities of the two goddesses as a result of their relationships with men? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
Through therapy, the author says that women can become more aware of the inner and outer forces, of self and society, which both help and hinder them. What are the internal forces? What are the external ones? Which forces have a greater effect? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
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