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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many role models does Bateson believe each woman should have in her life?
(a) An innumerable amount.
(b) One good one.
(c) Less than ten.
(d) At least three.

2. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?
(a) She believes the choice of wether or not to follow a recipe should be decided by each cook, and shouldn't be mandated by anyone.
(b) She believes following a recipe is the only way of ensuring success.
(c) She only follows recipes that have been passed down from generations of women in her family.
(d) She encourages women to improvise rather than follow preset plans.

3. What is Joan's main priority in life?
(a) Her husband's professional work.
(b) Her own academic pursuits at Berkeley.
(c) Making money to take her family on lavish vacations.
(d) Making a nice home and raising her children.

4. Which of the following topics is of most interest to Ellen?
(a) Animal welfare.
(b) Drug safety and administration.
(c) World hunger.
(d) Homelessness.

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

6. What is necessary to produce a fruitful academic relationship?
(a) One mustn't pose a threat to their colleagues.
(b) One must acadmically stimulate their colleagues.
(c) One must critique the other's work.
(d) One must take the lead in all acadmic social situations.

7. According to Ellen, why do more women work in the ERs in Boston than men?
(a) Men are forbidden from working in Boston ERs.
(b) Women want the higher paying hours.
(c) Women are given first choice of hours they want to work.
(d) Women don't want to be perceived as weak.

8. What does it mean to "compose a life"?
(a) Collecting pieces from the past to understand today.
(b) Understanding how individuals are shaped by their parents.
(c) Forgetting history to embrace individualism and self-empowerment.
(d) Opening oneself up to the world.

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

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

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

12. Which of Bateson's parents left for long work duties during the war?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Both her parents.
(c) Neither of her parents.
(d) Her father.

13. How did the doctors respond to Joan's activities program?
(a) They were slow to recognize it.
(b) They ignored Joan and the program completely.
(c) They treated her equally, with great respect.
(d) They were astounded that a woman could create such a successful program.

14. How many books did Ellen and Steve collaborate on during their marriage?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following metaphors runs through the entire first chapter of the text?

2. What does Erik do for a living?

3. What does Bateson believe will be the result of "a commitment to constantly refocusing one's life"?

4. What subject did Johnnetta study in college?

5. What does Mary claim is the excuse given to young girls to keep them out of science?

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