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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. In what country did Johnnetta first experience that race is not "forever and ever"?
(a) Russia.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Nicaragua.

2. Which of the following minority groups does Bateson NOT explicitly discuss in her explanation of the inequalities in society?
(a) Asian-Americans.
(b) Women.
(c) Latinos.
(d) African-Americans.

3. Which of the following subjects is of most interest to Joan?
(a) Star-gazing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Painting.

4. What does Mary claim is the excuse given to young girls to keep them out of science?
(a) They are intellectually incapable of thinking without their emotions.
(b) Science is dangerous.
(c) They are unable to do math.
(d) Science is a boy's club.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the key to organizing multiple lives at once?

2. What genre is "The Ode of Imru'u I-Qays"?

3. What does Johnnetta say asking someone to change curriculum is like?

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

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

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