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

2. 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 professionally successful and have wisdom to pass on.
(c) They are all hopeless failures in life, despite having passion for their individual arts.
(d) They are all partners in highly successful marriages.

3. How does Mary feel about full-time female workers that also come home and cook for their families?
(a) She feels they have an unfair life.
(b) She feels they whine too much about their situation.
(c) She feels they are resilient and should be role models.
(d) She feels they are doing what gender roles demand of them.

4. Which of the women in the book are looking for "symmetrical relationships"?
(a) Alice and Joan.
(b) All of the women.
(c) None of the wome.
(d) Ellen and Johnnetta.

5. Which of Bateson's parents left for long work duties during the war?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Neither of her parents.
(d) Both her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the women coined the term "tweeded"?

2. Which woman does Mary claim learned to "compose the disparate elements of her life in new and less rigid ways".

3. Which of the following films does Mary use to demonstrate her theories about traditional gender roles?

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

5. At which hospital did Joan first create an activities program?

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