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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Caretaking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following items does NOT make up the decoration in Johnnetta's home?
(a) Personal furniture.
(b) Photographs from home.
(c) Family artwork.
(d) College antiques.

2. At which college does Johnnetta teach?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Spelman.

3. What part of the quilt provides continuity?
(a) The pieces.
(b) The needle and thread.
(c) The backing.
(d) The trim.

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

5. In what city were Joan and Erik married?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Mary compare the "syncopated rhythms" of caretaking?

2. Whose home does Mary think "signifies society's ideas about status, education, and family"?

3. What does Mary claim is the best type of relationship?

4. According to Mary, why did many women get married before the intellectual movement?

5. Throughout the course of the book, how many women's lives will be studied?

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