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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose memoir was Mary working on when she first met Ellen in 1983?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her deceased brother's.
(c) Her parents'.
(d) Her own.

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 of the following art forms is NOT one Mary's grandfather collected when she was a child?
(a) Photography.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Embroidery.
(d) Sculpture.

4. What is Joan's main priority in life?
(a) Her husband's professional work.
(b) Her own academic pursuits at Berkeley.
(c) Making money to take her family on lavish vacations.
(d) Making a nice home and raising her children.

5. In which state did Mary grow up?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) New Brunswick
(d) New Hampshire.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. According to Ellen, why do more women work in the ERs in Boston than men?
(a) Women are given first choice of hours they want to work.
(b) Women don't want to be perceived as weak.
(c) Women want the higher paying hours.
(d) Men are forbidden from working in Boston ERs.

11. Throughout the course of the book, how many women's lives will be studied?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

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

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

15. What does Alice do for a living?
(a) She is a pilot.
(b) She is a saleswoman.
(c) She is an engineer.
(d) She is a mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the women coined the term "tweeded"?

2. In which country did Alice grow up?

3. In what state is Spelman College located?

4. How many sisters did Ellen have growing up?

5. What does it mean to "compose a life"?

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