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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of poetry was Mary studying when she first met her husband, Barkev?
(a) British rhyming slang.
(b) Shakespearean verse.
(c) Japanese haiku.
(d) Arabic poetry.

2. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?
(a) She believes the choice of wether or not to follow a recipe should be decided by each cook, and shouldn't be mandated by anyone.
(b) She encourages women to improvise rather than follow preset plans.
(c) She believes following a recipe is the only way of ensuring success.
(d) She only follows recipes that have been passed down from generations of women in her family.

3. What devalued the role of "mother" in the mid 1900s?
(a) The fact that it was unpaid.
(b) The fact that fathers wanted nothing to do with it.
(c) The fact that the children often misbehaved.
(d) The fact that women often hated it.

4. As a child, what did Ellen want to be when she grew up?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A librarian.
(c) An astronaut.
(d) A doctor.

5. Which of the following adjectives did NOT describe Ellen when she was giving a lecture at the Bunting colloquium, which Mary attended?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Professional.
(c) Flustered.
(d) Concerned.

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

7. What type of marriage does Jack have with his wife?
(a) A supportive, loving, and faithful marriage.
(b) A boring relationship in which they live more like roommates than lovers.
(c) An open marriage - they are allowed to date other people.
(d) A disastrous, abusive relationship.

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

9. Why does Mary claim the differences between men and women are important?
(a) Because they teach us about strength.
(b) Because they teach us the value of team work.
(c) Because they teach us the value of difference.
(d) Because they teach us about respect.

10. Which of the following women is interested in jewelry making?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Joan.
(c) Alice.
(d) Johnnetta.

11. What was significant about Johnnetta's position as president of Spelman College?
(a) She was the first African-American AND the first woman to earn the post.
(b) She was the first African-American to earn the post.
(c) She was the first African-American woman to earn the post.
(d) She was the first woman to earn the post.

12. Which of the women was never an immigrant?
(a) Johnnetta.
(b) Alice.
(c) Jean.
(d) Joan.

13. What activity brings Mary and Barkev together, closer than they were before they were first married?
(a) Culinary courses.
(b) Child-rearing.
(c) Love making.
(d) Traveling.

14. Which of the following values does Bateson say is "inappropriate in today's constantly changing world"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Gender roles.
(c) Permanence.
(d) Technology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the MIT Alice was very close to killed in New York?

2. What subject did Johnnetta study in college?

3. Which of the following does Bateson cherish above all else?

4. How old was Alice when her younger brother was born?

5. What is the name of Jack's wife?

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