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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. To what does Mary compare the "syncopated rhythms" of caretaking?
(a) Playing the drums.
(b) Tapping one's foot.
(c) Love making.
(d) Heartbeats.

2. Which of the following topics most interested Mary Bateson's father in his writing?
(a) Ergonomics.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Entomology.
(d) Ethereal beings.

3. By enriching their lives, what else are the women in the book enriching?
(a) Their legacies.
(b) All female kind.
(c) The earth.
(d) History.

4. In what country was Erik, Joan's husband, born?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Austria.

5. In what situation does Mary describe men act as caregivers?
(a) In marriage.
(b) In fatherhood.
(c) All of the above.
(d) In war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word completes the following sentence, "Caretaking is always a __________________ relationship"?

2. After a period of disillusionment, each of the women in the book have learned how to create commitment without what?

3. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of Joan's children?

4. What does Mary claim is the result of changing one's identity?

5. In "The Ode of Imru'u I-Qays", what distracts the woman from making love with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main difference between men and women in regards to "multiple lives"?

2. What has changed about caretaking in recent years, according to Mary's research on society?

3. In what way does Mary compare caretaking to music?

4. How do the multiple roles women fill in their daily life affect their self-identity?

5. What was Mary Bateson's father's thesis in his writings about ecology?

6. How did Mary's views about discontinuity change as she completed this book?

7. In what way does "The Ode of Imru'u I-Qays" support Mary's arguments about multiple lives?

8. At what times in their lives did Alice and Johnnetta most remember sharing, particularly food?

9. What two metaphors does Mary use to describe her emotions in dealing with the Amherst presidency?

10. What type of food did Mary cook for Barkev when they were first married?

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