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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. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the youngest woman in the book?
(a) Alice.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Joan.
2. In what year did Johnnetta and her husband move to Liberia?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1984.
3. In the past, what was valued above all else in one's life?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Religion.
(d) Stability.
4. Which of the women in the book does Bateson claim is the least domestic and never had children?
(a) Johnnetta.
(b) Alice.
(c) Joan.
(d) Ellen.
5. According to Bateson, what does American society value above all else?
(a) Family.
(b) Education.
(c) Money.
(d) Art.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following types of individuals tend to avoid "traditional" lives?
2. What does Mary claim is the excuse given to young girls to keep them out of science?
3. Which of the following does Bateson cherish above all else?
4. Which of Bateson's parents left for long work duties during the war?
5. What part of America did Johnnetta grow up in?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Bateson, what does it mean to have a symmetrical relationship?
2. According to Bateson, how do today's values for a "good life" differ from traditional values?
3. What happened to Alice after Jack died unexpectedly?
4. In what ways does Bateson use riddles to express the way individuals identify their personal convictions and ideals?
5. What was Erik's theory of the life cycle while he was studying under Freud in the West Coast?
6. How did Johnnetta use her academic experience to change the definition of what it meant to live "as a black woman"?
7. In what ways does Bateson claim she puts her husband's needs before her own?
8. How did Johnnetta's relationship with her husband change after they moved to Africa?
9. According to Bateson, how do rhythms affect life?
10. What did Mary learn about society while visiting her mother's work with her?
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