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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Partnerships.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bateson, what is the danger of being the daughter of a successful father?
(a) There is no danger to being the daughter of a successful father.
(b) There is too much pressure on young girls to be equally successful.
(c) Successful men rarely encourage their daughters.
(d) Young girls believe success is only for men.

2. What subject does Mary tackle with her metaphor of a "crazy quilt"?
(a) Society.
(b) Culture.
(c) Romance.
(d) Communications.

3. What is Joan's main priority in life?
(a) Making money to take her family on lavish vacations.
(b) Her own academic pursuits at Berkeley.
(c) Making a nice home and raising her children.
(d) Her husband's professional work.

4. Which of the following adjectives did NOT describe Ellen when she was giving a lecture at the Bunting colloquium, which Mary attended?
(a) Professional.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Flustered.
(d) Concerned.

5. Which of the women in the book does Bateson claim is the least domestic and never had children?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Alice.
(c) Johnnetta.
(d) Joan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bateson claim is the unifying thread of all the women she discusses in the book?

2. Which of the following women had an obsession with the gypsies as a child?

3. Which of the following animals does Joan often compare herself to?

4. Which of the following best describes the way the women in the text will "compose their lives"?

5. What activity brings Mary and Barkev together, closer than they were before they were first married?

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