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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. How many children did Joan and Erik have together?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

2. Which of the following nation did many of the immigrants Mary's mother worked with com from?
(a) West Africa.
(b) Eastern Europe.
(c) East Timor.
(d) South America.

3. According to Bateson, what do humans tend to believe about society?
(a) Humans tend to believe the norms of their own society are norms.
(b) Humans tend to believe that animal societies exhibit characteristics that mirror our own.
(c) Humans tend to believe that xenophobia endangers evolution.
(d) Humans tend to believe that travel is the best way to broaden cultural knowledge.

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

5. Whose memoir was Mary working on when she first met Ellen in 1983?
(a) Her deceased brother's.
(b) Her own.
(c) Her grandmother's.
(d) Her parents'.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characteristics most drew Alice to Jack when they met?

2. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?

3. Which of the following topics is of most interest to Ellen?

4. Whose point of view concludes chapter four?

5. In what way does Mary describe women who are multi-taskers?

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