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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. How many faculty members worked below Mary at the college where she once worked?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

2. How many sons does Johnnetta have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

3. To what does Mary compare the experience of being nominated for presidency but never taking the position?
(a) A natural disaster.
(b) A band-aid.
(c) A death.
(d) A piece of classical music.

4. Which of the following is NOT a building Mary claims can be "a joint composition"?
(a) The home.
(b) A school.
(c) An office.
(d) A church.

5. After a period of disillusionment, each of the women in the book have learned how to create commitment without what?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Romance.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary claim creates the most amount of work for a woman in the household?

2. Which of the following items does NOT make up the decoration in Johnnetta's home?

3. Who gave Joan's son Jon a blood transfusion when he was sick in the hospital?

4. What does Mary compare to "an obese bully"?

5. Why was Mary jealous of her colleagues when she was living in Amherst?

Short Essay Questions

1. Historically, what members of society usually take the role of caretakers?

2. How does Johnnetta feel about the need to divide her time between her private and personal lives?

3. In what ways does Johnnetta's home define her life?

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

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

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

7. Why did Jon need a blood transfusion when he was young?

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

9. In what ways is leading multiple lives similar to having "heightened wisdom"?

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

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