The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine Test | Final Test - Hard

Sue Monk Kidd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine Test | Final Test - Hard

Sue Monk Kidd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Sue believes that women need to unlearn ___________ lessons about the shame and the curse of being a woman.

2. Which Goddess does Sue connect with when she is inside of the cave during a later adventure? The Goddess of the _______.

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

4. When women speak truly, they speak subversively and refuse to be _________, according to Sue.

5. Who accompanies Sue on a speaking trip and performs an impromptu ritual to ask the Feminine Divine to guide and bless them?

Short Essay Questions

1. While she plans many rituals, Sue does not realize that these rituals serve a purpose in her journey? What do these rituals do?

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

3. What does Sandy surprise Sue with when she lands at the airport after her trip to a speaking engagement?

4. What does Sue take and then give an offering of another buffalo head nickel to balance the gift when she goes to see the buffaloes?

5. What does Sue do when she is in the stone circle, connecting with the Goddess?

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

7. What does the much younger Sue want to do in response to the newspaper clipping that her mom has sent to her?

8. What are the choices from which Sue can choose to celebrate the Divine Feminine?

9. What does Sue do with the other women who have traveled to one of the last places the Great Goddess flourishes?

10. What does Sue learn to be the name of the Goddess during a dream of her birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sue realizes that women are conditioned to turn to men for solutions and for insight into their troubles.

Part 1: What is wrong with turning to someone else when you have a problem?

Part 2: Why are women told to turn to men in order to help them when they are troubled?

Part 3: What part do men play in this relationship of women turning to men for help? How do they support this dependent relationship?

Essay Topic 2

The dreams Sue has seem to indicate that she is on the right path. They help her see obstacles and the way that her mind works on the questions she still has.

Part 1: Do you feel that dreams are an important part of your experience as a human being?

Part 2: How do dreams affect the way a person lives their daily life?

Part 3: Why do you think Sue begins to have so many dreams about her spiritual questions?

Essay Topic 3

Sue feels that she needs to have a sort of turning point in which she realizes she can not go back to the way she was.

Part 1: Why do you think this sort of turning point is essential in one's spiritual journey?

Part 2: What might have happened if Sue had not had this turning point in her life?

Part 3: Do you feel that you have had to reach certain turning points in order to change your own life?

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