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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following women is not married to her partner??
(a) Joan.
(b) Mary.
(c) Johnnetta.
(d) Alice.

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

4. At which college does Johnnetta teach?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Spelman.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Cambridge.

5. What is the only way an asymmetrical relationship to work?
(a) If both partners take what they need from 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 one partner exerts power over the other.

6. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the youngest woman in the book?
(a) Alice.
(b) Joan.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Johnnetta.

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

8. In what state is Spelman College located?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Texas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Louisiana.

9. Which of the following is NOT a way Mary lists as a reason for asymmetry in a relationship?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Intellegence.
(c) Romance.
(d) Strength.

10. What religion did all four of Mary's grandparents follow?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Buddhism.

11. What does Bateson discuss at the opening of Chapter 4?
(a) Music as metaphor.
(b) The balance of power in politics.
(c) Human evolution.
(d) The separation of church and state.

12. What does Mary claim is the excuse given to young girls to keep them out of science?
(a) They are intellectually incapable of thinking without their emotions.
(b) They are unable to do math.
(c) Science is a boy's club.
(d) Science is dangerous.

13. Which of the following characteristics most drew Alice to Jack when they met?
(a) His generous bank account.
(b) His artistic passion.
(c) His love for animals.
(d) His dashing good looks.

14. According to Bateson, in what way is modern day life similar to studying a foreign language?
(a) Both transplant learners into unexpected terrain.
(b) Both can be disorientating and alienating.
(c) Both require studious exploration f or success.
(d) Both combine familiar components in unique ways.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erik do for a living?

2. According to Mary, what does a quilt keep out?

3. How many sisters did Ellen have growing up?

4. In which country did Alice grow up?

5. How many children did Joan and Erik have together?

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