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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Mary believe everyone in a relationship should strive for?
(a) interdependence.
(b) Independence.
(c) Co-dependency.
(d) Dependency.

2. Which of the following is NOT a category of Alice's life?
(a) Life after Jack.
(b) Life with Jack.
(c) Life before Jack.
(d) Life without Jack.

3. According to Bateson, what is the danger of being the daughter of a successful father?
(a) Successful men rarely encourage their daughters.
(b) There is too much pressure on young girls to be equally successful.
(c) Young girls believe success is only for men.
(d) There is no danger to being the daughter of a successful father.

4. Which of the following types of individuals tend to avoid "traditional" lives?
(a) Creative individuals.
(b) All of the answers are true.
(c) Political individuals.
(d) Religious individuals.

5. Which of the following best describes the way the women in the text will "compose their lives"?
(a) Improvisationally.
(b) Traditionally.
(c) Historically.
(d) Strictly.

6. Which popular television program filmed at Spelman College weeks before Johnnetta earned her post?
(a) The Cosby Show.
(b) The Parkers.
(c) Diff'rent Strokes.
(d) Sanford and Sons

7. What does it mean to "compose a life"?
(a) Opening oneself up to the world.
(b) Understanding how individuals are shaped by their parents.
(c) Forgetting history to embrace individualism and self-empowerment.
(d) Collecting pieces from the past to understand today.

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

9. Which of the following women had an obsession with the gypsies as a child?
(a) Joan.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Alice.
(d) Ellen.

10. How many sisters did Ellen have growing up?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

11. Alongside her activities program, what else does Joan believe her patients need to heal?
(a) Therapy.
(b) Love.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Time.

12. Which of the women coined the term "tweeded"?
(a) Joan.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Mary.
(d) Alice.

13. What is necessary to produce a fruitful academic relationship?
(a) One mustn't pose a threat to their colleagues.
(b) One must take the lead in all acadmic social situations.
(c) One must acadmically stimulate their colleagues.
(d) One must critique the other's work.

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

15. At which hospital did Joan first create an activities program?
(a) Siggs.
(b) Higgs.
(c) Diggs.
(d) Riggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the doctors respond to Joan's activities program?

2. On the whole, how does Bateson believe American society treats marriage?

3. What was significant about Johnnetta's position as president of Spelman College?

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

5. Which of the following minority groups does Bateson NOT explicitly discuss in her explanation of the inequalities in society?

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