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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 Enriching the Earth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Bateson cherish above all else?
(a) Static goals.
(b) Individual happiness.
(c) Traditional gender roles.
(d) Improvisational art.

2. What is the only way an asymmetrical relationship to work?
(a) If one partner exerts power over the other.
(b) If both partners work individually to achieve their own happiness.
(c) If each partner gives of themselves openly and willingly.
(d) If both partners take what they need from the other.

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

4. According to Bateson, which of the following forces adds the most stress to marriages?
(a) Internal forces.
(b) Personal forces.
(c) Religious forces.
(d) External forces.

5. Which of the following topics most interested Mary Bateson's father in his writing?
(a) Ethereal beings.
(b) Entomology.
(c) Ecology.
(d) Ergonomics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which college does Johnnetta teach?

2. What is the key to organizing multiple lives at once?

3. Which of the following women most frequently collaborates with her husband on professional projects?

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

5. What does Mary say Ellen's home "cries out for"?

(see the answer key)

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