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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. In what country did Mary spend her high school years?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Israel.
(d) Zimbabwe.
2. In what way did Erik constantly show care for his wife and Mary during their interview sessions?
(a) He gave the women should massages.
(b) He regularly brought the women tea.
(c) He gave the women space to speak in private.
(d) He regularly told the women how proud he was of them.
3. To what does Mary compare the "syncopated rhythms" of caretaking?
(a) Love making.
(b) Heartbeats.
(c) Playing the drums.
(d) Tapping one's foot.
4. Which of the following topics most interested Mary Bateson's father in his writing?
(a) Ergonomics.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Ethereal beings.
(d) Entomology.
5. What does Mary claim is the result of changing one's identity?
(a) Loss.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Hope.
(d) Confusion.
Short Answer Questions
1. What language is "The Ode of Imru'u I-Qays" written in?
2. What college did Mary once teach at?
3. How many sons does Johnnetta have?
4. According to Mary, what is the danger in gardening?
5. After the debacle of her presidency, what did Mary learn was an important element to a happy life?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the multiple roles women fill in their daily life affect their self-identity?
2. How did Mary's views about discontinuity change as she completed this book?
3. In what ways does Johnnetta's home define her life?
4. What was Mary Bateson's father's thesis in his writings about ecology?
5. How is the Project Hope homeless shelter different than the Pine Street Inn?
6. In what way does Mary compare caretaking to music?
7. In what way does "The Ode of Imru'u I-Qays" support Mary's arguments about multiple lives?
8. What two metaphors does Mary use to describe her emotions in dealing with the Amherst presidency?
9. In what ways is leading multiple lives similar to having "heightened wisdom"?
10. What does Mary hope to write about in her next book?
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