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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. What does Bateson discuss at the opening of Chapter 4?
(a) The separation of church and state.
(b) Human evolution.
(c) Music as metaphor.
(d) The balance of power in politics.

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

3. 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 have all faced frustration and difficult choices.
(c) They are all hopeless failures in life, despite having passion for their individual arts.
(d) They are all professionally successful and have wisdom to pass on.

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

5. How old was Joan at the time of her interviews for the book?
(a) 80.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following women is interested in jewelry making?

2. In what state is Spelman College located?

3. In what country did Johnnetta first experience that race is not "forever and ever"?

4. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?

5. How was the MIT Alice was very close to killed in New York?

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