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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. Many of life's travails, Estes says, follow the pattern of ____________, as life imitates art and art imitates life.
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Theatre.

2. The arrangement that the man and the woman make after she finds her skin reflect a/an ____________ assessment of the situation.
(a) Honest.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Angry.
(d) Complicated.

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

4. Who accidentally sells his/her daughter to the Devil in order to reap financial gain?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) King.
(d) Queen.

5. What happened as Demeter shouted out and her depression become greater and greater?
(a) The stars blew out.
(b) Winter came.
(c) Summer came.
(d) The winds picked up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Estes refers to a woman's natural creative powers as __________ that nourishes the woman and sustains her.

2. The author explores the behavior of ____________ and shows the readers a variety of its functions.

3. The woman was directed to head for the forest in order to renew her __________ so she could begin again.

4. Estes suggests telling your secrets or writing them down with a _______________ to help deal with them.

5. Many people have subconsciously wondered if they were going to be __________ when a person sneaks up on them.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the world when Demeter's depression became destructive?

2. What is the idea that the author introduces to the reader which will make the stories helpful?

3. What is different about the woman who is portrayed in the story at the start of this section?

4. What are some of the lessons that women can learn from animals in their life?

5. What did the older woman healer do with the hair once the wife returned from her journey with it?

6. Why did the husband begin to sleep outside after he came home from war?

7. What is the relationship between the man and the woman in the story called the Weeping Woman?

8. What does Estes mean by the idea of a double-bind when it comes to secrets kept by women?

9. Why was Demeter despondent in the story of herself and her daughter?

10. What was the quest the wife was sent on by the older woman healer in the town, upon hearing of the woman's plight?

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