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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Caretaking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following types of individuals tend to avoid "traditional" lives?
(a) Creative individuals.
(b) All of the answers are true.
(c) Political individuals.
(d) Religious individuals.

2. Which of the women in the book are looking for "symmetrical relationships"?
(a) All of the women.
(b) Alice and Joan.
(c) None of the wome.
(d) Ellen and Johnnetta.

3. What do both Ellen and Steve do for a living?
(a) They are psychiatrists.
(b) They are painters.
(c) They are teachers.
(d) They are writers.

4. Which of the following women is not married to her partner??
(a) Johnnetta.
(b) Alice.
(c) Mary.
(d) Joan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity brings Mary and Barkev together, closer than they were before they were first married?

2. How many different ways does Johnnetta believe there are to "be black", particularly if one is a black woman?

3. What does it mean to "compose a life"?

4. What metaphor does Joan use to describe her relationship with the doctors after the inclusion of her activities program?

5. What is the name of Jack's wife?

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