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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. To what does Mary compare the "syncopated rhythms" of caretaking?
(a) Playing the drums.
(b) Love making.
(c) Tapping one's foot.
(d) Heartbeats.

2. Which of the women in the book are looking for "symmetrical relationships"?
(a) Ellen and Johnnetta.
(b) All of the women.
(c) None of the wome.
(d) Alice and Joan.

3. Which type of music does Bateson compare modern life to?
(a) Country.
(b) Classical.
(c) Hip-hop.
(d) Jazz.

4. To Mary, what does American culture mean?
(a) Remembering one's cultural history and honoring it.
(b) Mary does not have an opinion on American culture.
(c) Incorporating the cultures of those around us.
(d) Forgetting cultural pasts and creating a new future.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many families does the Project Hope shelter take in at one time?

3. What does Mary claim is the result of changing one's identity?

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

5. According to Bateson, what do humans tend to believe about society?

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