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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Multiple Lives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only way an asymmetrical relationship to work?
(a) If one partner exerts power over the other.
(b) If both partners take what they need from the other.
(c) If each partner gives of themselves openly and willingly.
(d) If both partners work individually to achieve their own happiness.

2. Why are men often encouraged to remove distractions from their lives?
(a) So they can concentrate on one thing at a time.
(b) So they can become experts in their field.
(c) Because the male brain is wired differently than female brains.
(d) To ensure maximum financial success.

3. What does Bateson claim is the unifying thread of all the women she discusses in the book?
(a) They have all faced frustration and difficult choices.
(b) They are all hopeless failures in life, despite having passion for their individual arts.
(c) They are all professionally successful and have wisdom to pass on.
(d) They are all partners in highly successful marriages.

4. According to Bateson, what is the danger of being the daughter of a successful father?
(a) Successful men rarely encourage their daughters.
(b) There is too much pressure on young girls to be equally successful.
(c) There is no danger to being the daughter of a successful father.
(d) Young girls believe success is only for men.

5. How many children did Joan and Erik have together?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does Joan often compare herself to?

2. Why does Mary claim the differences between men and women are important?

3. How was the MIT Alice was very close to killed in New York?

4. Which of Bateson's parents left for long work duties during the war?

5. Which of the following minority groups does Bateson NOT explicitly discuss in her explanation of the inequalities in society?

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