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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What devalued the role of "mother" in the mid 1900s?
(a) The fact that women often hated it.
(b) The fact that the children often misbehaved.
(c) The fact that fathers wanted nothing to do with it.
(d) The fact that it was unpaid.

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

3. In which country did Alice grow up?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Rumania.
(d) Russia.

4. What does Bateson believe will be the result of "a commitment to constantly refocusing one's life"?
(a) Failure.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Ultimate success.
(d) Social freedom.

5. What type of marriage does Jack have with his wife?
(a) A supportive, loving, and faithful marriage.
(b) A boring relationship in which they live more like roommates than lovers.
(c) An open marriage - they are allowed to date other people.
(d) A disastrous, abusive relationship.

6. What does Mary claim is the best type of relationship?
(a) A composite relationship.
(b) A symmetrical relationship.
(c) A complementary relationship.
(d) An equal relationship.

7. Which woman did Mary have a particularly difficult time connecting with during her interviews?
(a) Alice.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Joan.
(d) She had trouble connecting with each of the women.

8. To Mary, what does American culture mean?
(a) Mary does not have an opinion on American culture.
(b) Remembering one's cultural history and honoring it.
(c) Forgetting cultural pasts and creating a new future.
(d) Incorporating the cultures of those around us.

9. What religion did all four of Mary's grandparents follow?
(a) Islam.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Catholicism.

10. Which of the following models does Bateson believe women should follow when forming their gender roles?
(a) Childhood fantasy and desire.
(b) Bateson does not believe in following a model.
(c) The hyper-feminine reflection in the media.
(d) Generations past.

11. What was the name of Joan's first book?
(a) "The Universal Bead".
(b) "The Universal Button".
(c) "The Universal Quilt".
(d) "The Universal Thread".

12. In which state did Mary grow up?
(a) New Brunswick
(b) New York.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New Jersey.

13. Which of the following riddles is NOT included in the first chapter of the text?
(a) Why is designing a computer program like caring for an infant?
(b) How is a woman like a soldier?
(c) Why is a raven like a writing desk?
(d) How is a canning jar like a jazz musician?

14. Which of the following characteristics most drew Alice to Jack when they met?
(a) His dashing good looks.
(b) His generous bank account.
(c) His artistic passion.
(d) His love for animals.

15. What does Bateson discuss at the opening of Chapter 4?
(a) The separation of church and state.
(b) The balance of power in politics.
(c) Human evolution.
(d) Music as metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack live?

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

3. Whose point of view concludes chapter four?

4. What does the term "tweeded" refer to?

5. What does Johnnetta say asking someone to change curriculum is like?

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