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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 From Strength to Strength.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the past, what was valued above all else in one's life?
(a) Stability.
(b) Religion.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Wealth.

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

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

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

5. Which of the following topics is of most interest to Ellen?
(a) Animal welfare.
(b) Homelessness.
(c) Drug safety and administration.
(d) World hunger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mary claim is the excuse given to young girls to keep them out of science?

3. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the youngest woman in the book?

4. Which of the following metaphors runs through the entire first chapter of the text?

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

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