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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. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The desire to further one's civilization.
(b) The desire to gain status.
(c) The desire to spread genes.
(d) The desire to possess females.

2. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?
(a) That a marriage can remain intact through changes.
(b) That a woman can benefit by divorce.
(c) That a woman can be head of a household.
(d) That a woman has freedom to choose her sexual partners.

3. What is the difference between men's and women's salaries after a divorce, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?
(a) The men's goes up.
(b) The women's goes down faster than the men's go up.
(c) The women's goes up.
(d) The men's goes up more quickly.

4. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?
(a) Make five days' pay.
(b) Write a short story.
(c) Clean and launder.
(d) Balance the checkbook.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian introduced her to?
(a) Literature.
(b) Other students.
(c) Librarians.
(d) Feminism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Barbara Kingsolver say Camille feels bad about being from a divorced home?

2. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

4. What did the library recruit Barbara Kingsolver for?

5. What kind of musical training had Barbara Kingsolver had?

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