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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. What does Bateson claim is the next step to improving societal relations?
(a) Mandating societal reform to ensure equality for all.
(b) Traveling the world to understand the ways different societies work.
(c) Returning to the societal precedents set into place by our forefathers in the Constitution.
(d) Recognizing the values in different societies and incorporating those values into our own society.

2. Which of the following metaphors runs through the entire first chapter of the text?
(a) That life is like a sunset.
(b) That life is like needlework.
(c) That life is like a box of chocolates.
(d) That life is like building a fire.

3. How old was Alice when her younger brother was born?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After a period of disillusionment, each of the women in the book have learned how to create commitment without what?

2. How many role models does Bateson believe each woman should have in her life?

3. What subject does Mary tackle with her metaphor of a "crazy quilt"?

4. According to Mary, what does a true artist take and turn into a masterpiece?

5. Why didn't Mary ever step up as president at the college where she once worked?

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