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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 Vicissitudes of Commitment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which popular television program filmed at Spelman College weeks before Johnnetta earned her post?
(a) The Parkers.
(b) The Cosby Show.
(c) Diff'rent Strokes.
(d) Sanford and Sons

2. According to Bateson, what do humans tend to believe about society?
(a) Humans tend to believe the norms of their own society are norms.
(b) Humans tend to believe that xenophobia endangers evolution.
(c) Humans tend to believe that animal societies exhibit characteristics that mirror our own.
(d) Humans tend to believe that travel is the best way to broaden cultural knowledge.

3. What does Bateson claim helps a woman "discover underlying convictions that are steady throughout life"?
(a) Adhering to traditional gender roles.
(b) Honoring generations past.
(c) Extracting common ground.
(d) Living life improvisationally.

4. In what year did Johnnetta and her husband move to Liberia?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1991.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements best describes the five women profiled in this book?

2. Which of the women was never an immigrant?

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

4. How many faculty members worked below Mary at the college where she once worked?

5. According to Bateson, which of the following is NOT a necessary element to "nurture ideas and institutions"?

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