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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Afterward Story as Medicine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mother goddess who becomes despondent over the loss of her daughter to the Underworld god?
(a) Estes.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Hades.

2. Baubo is a grown woman's ________ as visualized in the context of the story in this chapter.
(a) Arm.
(b) Torso.
(c) Leg.
(d) Head.

3. The author suggests that when many people strive to avoid or to run from _____________ that they are coping with what relating to another has confronted them with.
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Truth.
(c) Children.
(d) Relationships.

4. What was the woman instructed to bring back from one wild animal, male or female, in order to help her husband?
(a) One fingernail.
(b) One bone.
(c) One body hair.
(d) One eyelash.

5. Estes rediscovers the ___________ of the female form from a position of strength, rather than just superficial measurement.
(a) Brilliance.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Shape.
(d) Size.

Short Answer Questions

1. Estes shares a story about a woman whose husband committed suicide and ____________ began to treat the woman badly.

2. The ________, or some other symptom, will appear soon or later, sending the woman a message that she needs to return home.

3. Ultimately, the story shows that an Old Woman alone can find great ____________ and joy in herself.

4. Who decides to return to the home on land in order to live with the father?

5. The young woman becomes endangered through playing with her female siblings and by breaking the one ________ her husband had given her.

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