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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 the value of team work.
(c) Because they teach us about strength.
(d) Because they teach us about respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose point of view concludes chapter four?

2. How many sisters did Ellen have growing up?

3. Whose memoir was Mary working on when she first met Ellen in 1983?

4. Which of the following types of individuals tend to avoid "traditional" lives?

5. What metaphor does Joan use to describe her relationship with the doctors after the inclusion of her activities program?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johnnetta's experiences in Cuba change her opinion of race and society?

2. In what ways does Bateson claim she puts her husband's needs before her own?

3. How does Mary use the metaphor of a "crazy quilt" to explain society?

4. What is the traditional male-female relationship, and how did this begin to change in the 1960s?

5. What does it mean for one to compose their life as an "emergent vision"?

6. According to Johnnetta, what does the term "tweeded" mean in academia?

7. What does it mean to Mary to live in "a life in flux", and how did this affect her choosing of which women would appear in the book?

8. What happened to Alice after Jack died unexpectedly?

9. According to Bateson, how do today's values for a "good life" differ from traditional values?

10. What does Bateson believe is the next big step for humanity across the world?

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