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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 word completes the following sentence: "All of the women in the book have repeatedly salvaged the capacity for ______________ in an imperfect system"?
(a) Dependency.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Romance
(d) Commitment.

2. Why was Mary given the opportunity to act as president of the college where she worked?
(a) Because the previous president died unexpectedly.
(b) Because she was the only person interested in the position.
(c) Because her fellow employees voted her in.
(d) Because the student body voted her in.

3. In what way did Erik constantly show care for his wife and Mary during their interview sessions?
(a) He gave the women space to speak in private.
(b) He regularly brought the women tea.
(c) He regularly told the women how proud he was of them.
(d) He gave the women should massages.

4. What does Mary compare to "an obese bully"?
(a) An oven.
(b) Her mother-in-law.
(c) The Sunday paper.
(d) An unripe avocado.

5. According to Mary, what societal role is care taking usually assigned to?
(a) To women.
(b) To mothers.
(c) To the wealthy.
(d) Care taking isn't assigned to any particular role anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Johnnetta "whip [her]self with guilt"?

2. Which of the following is NOT a building Mary claims can be "a joint composition"?

3. Which of the women adopted a daughter named Sarah late in life?

4. What college did Mary once teach at?

5. What is the key to organizing multiple lives at once?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mary hope to write about in her next book?

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

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

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

7. What is Mary's definition of wisdom?

8. What prompted Mary's identity crisis after high school?

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

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

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