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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do both Ellen and Steve do for a living?
(a) They are teachers.
(b) They are painters.
(c) They are writers.
(d) They are psychiatrists.

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

5. What does Bateson claim is the next step to improving societal relations?
(a) Mandating societal reform to ensure equality for all.
(b) Recognizing the values in different societies and incorporating those values into our own society.
(c) Traveling the world to understand the ways different societies work.
(d) Returning to the societal precedents set into place by our forefathers in the Constitution.

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

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

8. What does Mary claim is the best type of relationship?
(a) A complementary relationship.
(b) A symmetrical relationship.
(c) A composite relationship.
(d) An equal relationship.

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

10. 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.

11. Which of the following women most frequently collaborates with her husband on professional projects?
(a) Mary.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Joan.

12. Where does Jack live?
(a) Boston.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) San Francisco.

13. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?
(a) She only follows recipes that have been passed down from generations of women in her family.
(b) She encourages women to improvise rather than follow preset plans.
(c) 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.
(d) She believes following a recipe is the only way of ensuring success.

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

15. What is the name of Jack's wife?
(a) Mary.
(b) Jean.
(c) Linda.
(d) Alice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What activity brings Mary and Barkev together, closer than they were before they were first married?

3. What does Alice believe is the art form of the 21st century?

4. According to Bateson, what does American society value above all else?

5. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the oldest woman in the book?

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