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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what occasion does Barbara Kingsolver say she bought an expensive, chic outfit?
(a) An award ceremony.
(b) A writer's meeting.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A funeral.

2. What does anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman say about the African savannah?
(a) That it was the most important environment for human development.
(b) That it created a certain kind of human creature, but the development would have been different in other environments.
(c) That it was the most hostile environment humans could have encountered at that stage of development.
(d) That it was the place where human development was first tested.

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the curriculum in her school?
(a) Uninteresting.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Illegitimate.
(d) Insufficient.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?
(a) The history of feminism.
(b) Science projects.
(c) Baking projects.
(d) Farming.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say happens to a woman's standard of living after a divorce?
(a) Declines.
(b) She becomes richer in non-material things.
(c) She has less time for herself and her kids.
(d) Increases.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

2. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver expect would take her away from the band?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

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