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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. Which woman does Mary claim learned to "compose the disparate elements of her life in new and less rigid ways".
(a) Joan.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Alice.
(d) Johnnetta.

2. Which of the following is NOT a way Mary lists as a reason for asymmetry in a relationship?
(a) Strength.
(b) Romance.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Intellegence.

3. What does Mary claim is the best type of relationship?
(a) An equal relationship.
(b) A symmetrical relationship.
(c) A composite relationship.
(d) A complementary relationship.

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

5. Which of the following films does Mary use to demonstrate her theories about traditional gender roles?
(a) "High Noon".
(b) "The Blue Lagoon".
(c) "The Crucible".
(d) "Braveheart".

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What metaphor does Joan use to describe her relationship with the doctors after the inclusion of her activities program?

3. In "The Ode of Imru'u I-Qays", what distracts the woman from making love with her husband?

4. What part of America did Johnnetta grow up in?

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

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