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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. Which kind of animal does Ruth Ann give refuge to in the Northern Exposure episode as another character wants to hunt it?

2. Who visits Sue and tells her that her heart is a seed that she must plant in the world?

3. What do Sue and Sandy find which is bigger than Stonehenge when they are visiting Avebury?

4. What path must a person follow, although it may be painful and alluring at the same time?

5. Sue believes that women need to unlearn ___________ lessons about the shame and the curse of being a woman.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sue begin to realize that attachment to the confining patriarchal world must die?

2. When Sandy and Sue come upon a large stone circle in Avebury, what does the guide book say it represents?

3. What are some of the things which can achieved by internalizing the Divine Feminine, according to the book?

4. What does Sue begin to do in September to further push her journey into the Sacred Feminine?

5. What does a Cherokee woman Sue meets on a retreat tell her that her dreams are meant to do?

6. Why does the Goddess Hera take an annual bath at Kanathos, according to Sue's findings?

7. What happens in the story of Inanna, which Sue begins to relate to in her stay at the inn?

8. What does Sue see in a magazine as the plane is beginning to descend from the sky and she wishes she could disappear into that image?

9. What does Maya Angelou say in an interview which makes Sue begin to understand empowerment?

10. Why does Sue choose to display a picture of the Minoan Snake Goddess in her study?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, Sue begins to realize she cannot write Christian literature anymore as she feels so strongly that it conflicts with who she is now.

Part 1: Why do you think Sue cannot write any more Christian literature?

Part 2: Do you think that a writer should be able to write no matter what happens in their life?

Part 3: Do you think that Sue Monk Kidd should discount her earlier writings because of her new thinking pattern?

Essay Topic 2

Sue stands up for her daughter in the middle of the drugstore, possibly causing a scene for both herself and her daughter.

Part 1: Do you think it is necessary for Sue to say anything about the men who are talking about her daughter?

Part 2: How do you think Sue's daughter feels about her mom stepping in when the men are making rude comments?

Part 3: Why do you think Sue decides that she needs to say something about the men talking about her daughter?

Essay Topic 3

The Sacred Feminine is something that might cause the reader to wince or to be a bit more curious, as it is not necessarily accepted by everyone.

Part 1: How do you define the idea of the Sacred Feminine?

Part 2: How do you feel when you hear the idea of the Sacred Feminine?

Part 3: Do you think that you might be interested in learning more about the Sacred Feminine? Why or why not?

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