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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 Vicissitudes of Commitment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bateson claim is the unifying thread of all the women she discusses in the book?
(a) They are all partners in highly successful marriages.
(b) They are all professionally successful and have wisdom to pass on.
(c) They are all hopeless failures in life, despite having passion for their individual arts.
(d) They have all faced frustration and difficult choices.

2. Whose point of view concludes chapter four?
(a) Joan's.
(b) Johnnetta's.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Alice's.

3. How old was Joan at the time of her interviews for the book?
(a) 70.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 80.

4. What does Erik do for a living?
(a) He is a pediatrician.
(b) He is a veterinarian.
(c) He is an editor.
(d) He is an actor.

5. What does Mary claim is the excuse given to young girls to keep them out of science?
(a) They are unable to do math.
(b) Science is dangerous.
(c) Science is a boy's club.
(d) They are intellectually incapable of thinking without their emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary claim the differences between men and women are important?

2. According to Mary, when should caretaking be done?

3. To Mary, what does American culture mean?

4. How many sons does Johnnetta have?

5. What subject does Mary tackle with her metaphor of a "crazy quilt"?

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