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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 does Bateson claim is the unifying thread of all the women she discusses in the book?
(a) They are all partners in highly successful marriages.
(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 have all faced frustration and difficult choices.

2. According to Mary, why did many women get married before the intellectual movement?
(a) Because society looked down on women workers.
(b) Because women back then loved to have children.
(c) Because the government cut taxes for married couples.
(d) Because they had no other choice.

3. What devalued the role of "mother" in the mid 1900s?
(a) The fact that the children often misbehaved.
(b) The fact that fathers wanted nothing to do with it.
(c) The fact that women often hated it.
(d) The fact that it was unpaid.

4. As a child, what did Ellen want to be when she grew up?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A librarian.
(d) An astronaut.

5. What does Johnnetta say asking someone to change curriculum is like?
(a) Asking someone to pull their own teeth.
(b) Asking someone to move to a graveyard.
(c) Askin someone to mow their lawn.
(d) Asking someone to hand over the last cookie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are men often encouraged to remove distractions from their lives?

3. Which woman did Mary have a particularly difficult time connecting with during her interviews?

4. Which of the following does Mary believe everyone in a relationship should strive for?

5. What does Mary claim is the best type of relationship?

(see the answer key)

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