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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 In the Company of Friends.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice do for a living?
(a) She is a saleswoman.
(b) She is a mechanic.
(c) She is a pilot.
(d) She is an engineer.

2. What does Bateson describe as a constant riddle?
(a) Sex.
(b) Life.
(c) Gender roles.
(d) Love.

3. What is Mrs. Erickson's first name?
(a) Joan.
(b) Jane.
(c) Janet.
(d) Julie.

4. Which of the following best describes the way the women in the text will "compose their lives"?
(a) Historically.
(b) Strictly.
(c) Improvisationally.
(d) Traditionally.

5. What does Bateson believe will be the result of "a commitment to constantly refocusing one's life"?
(a) Social freedom.
(b) Failure.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Ultimate success.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of clothing did Johnnetta receive as a joke from not one but two friends after earning her position as president of Spelman College?

2. Which of the following adjectives did NOT describe Ellen when she was giving a lecture at the Bunting colloquium, which Mary attended?

3. According to Ellen, why do more women work in the ERs in Boston than men?

4. According to Bateson, in what way is modern day life similar to studying a foreign language?

5. Which of the following values does Bateson say is "inappropriate in today's constantly changing world"?

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