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Questions

1. How does Dimova introduce, define, and place limits around her topic? According to Dimova, what central problem will her work investigate?

2. What is Dimova's thesis? Identify and reproduce the clearest and most concise (shortest) statement of her argument you can find. What are the different components of her argument?

3. What evidence does Dimova propose to use? What methods does she employ to make her argument?

4. Dimova provides a robust feminist critique of the existing scholarship on this topic. What is the specific content of her critiques? How does her treatment of Herodotus fit into this critique?

5. According to Dimova, which objects are clearly associated with men? Which are clearly associated with women? Which are ambiguous in their associations?

6. According to Dimova, what social identities and groups are most clearly reflected in burials?

7. What limits does Dimova identify in the evidence she uses?

8. What broader conclusions does Dimova draw from this study?

9. Make an outline of the paper in which you connect Dimova's argument with specific sections of the paper.