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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mary claim is the best type of relationship?
2. What activity brings Mary and Barkev together, closer than they were before they were first married?
3. What was significant about Johnnetta's position as president of Spelman College?
4. According to Mary, why did many women get married before the intellectual movement?
5. What part of the quilt provides continuity?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does it mean for one to compose their life as an "emergent vision"?
2. What was Erik's theory of the life cycle while he was studying under Freud in the West Coast?
3. What is the nature of Jack's relationship with Alice?
4. How does Mary use the metaphor of a "crazy quilt" to explain society?
5. According to Bateson, how do today's values for a "good life" differ from traditional values?
6. 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?
7. What does Bateson believe is the next big step for humanity across the world?
8. What conclusion does Mary come to about the success of relationships in academia?
9. How do Joan and Erik collaborate on each other's professional projects?
10. What is the traditional male-female relationship, and how did this begin to change in the 1960s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Homelessness is a huge theme in the book, both literally and metaphorically. First, describe the state of homelessness in Boston at the time of the book's creation. What did Mary learn about herself and her society as care givers based on her research into homelessness? Then, explain how the theme of homelessness is used as a metaphor in the book to discuss a woman's role, both in her family and her community. Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the book, Mary has almost completely changed her attitude about caregiving and women in the primary role as caregivers. First, describe Mary's attitude about these topics at the opening of the book and compare/contrast that to her attitude at the end of the book. Then, citing specific examples from the text, trace Mary's change in attitude and consciousness based on the knowledge she gained from her interviews with the five women.
Essay Topic 3
In the opening chapter of the text, author Mary Catherine Bateson uses various metaphors and similes to express the ways women in today's modern society have been living improvisationally, and how this lifestyle affects society as a whole. Choose two of the metaphors you believe are most poignant in describing an improvisational life and describe how Bateson weaves these metaphors throughout the text. Then, argue why you believe these metaphors accurately depict the life of a modern woman. Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.
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