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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 Opening to the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Mary, what does American culture mean?
(a) Incorporating the cultures of those around us.
(b) Forgetting cultural pasts and creating a new future.
(c) Remembering one's cultural history and honoring it.
(d) Mary does not have an opinion on American culture.

2. Which of the following women had an obsession with the gypsies as a child?
(a) Joan.
(b) Alice.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Johnnetta.

3. Which of the following does Bateson cherish above all else?
(a) Individual happiness.
(b) Traditional gender roles.
(c) Static goals.
(d) Improvisational art.

4. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the oldest woman in the book?
(a) Alice.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Joan.
(d) Ellen.

5. What was significant about Johnnetta's position as president of Spelman College?
(a) She was the first woman to earn the post.
(b) She was the first African-American woman to earn the post.
(c) She was the first African-American AND the first woman to earn the post.
(d) She was the first African-American to earn the post.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is Spelman College located?

2. How many different ways does Johnnetta believe there are to "be black", particularly if one is a black woman?

3. What does Bateson claim helps a woman "discover underlying convictions that are steady throughout life"?

4. Which type of music does Bateson compare modern life to?

5. What does Bateson claim is the next step to improving societal relations?

(see the answer key)

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