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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Partnerships.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bateson describe as a constant riddle?
(a) Love.
(b) Gender roles.
(c) Life.
(d) Sex.

2. What color is Ellen's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

3. Whose memoir was Mary working on when she first met Ellen in 1983?
(a) Her deceased brother's.
(b) Her grandmother's.
(c) Her parents'.
(d) Her own.

4. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the youngest woman in the book?
(a) Alice.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Joan.

5. On the whole, how does Bateson believe American society treats marriage?
(a) Stoically.
(b) Comedically.
(c) Romantically.
(d) With no respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following models does Bateson believe women should follow when forming their gender roles?

2. In the past, what was valued above all else in one's life?

3. Which of the following values does Bateson say is "inappropriate in today's constantly changing world"?

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

5. According to Bateson, which of the following forces adds the most stress to marriages?

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