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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Johnnetta say asking someone to change curriculum is like?
(a) Asking someone to hand over the last cookie.
(b) Asking someone to move to a graveyard.
(c) Asking someone to pull their own teeth.
(d) Askin someone to mow their lawn.
2. In which country did Alice grow up?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) Rumania.
3. In what year did Johnnetta and her husband move to Liberia?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1973.
4. Which of Mary's grandparents was a scientist?
(a) Her maternal grandmother.
(b) Her maternal grandfather.
(c) Her paternal grandfather.
(d) Her paternal grandmother.
5. Which popular television program filmed at Spelman College weeks before Johnnetta earned her post?
(a) The Parkers.
(b) Sanford and Sons
(c) The Cosby Show.
(d) Diff'rent Strokes.
6. Which of the women in the book does Bateson claim is the least domestic and never had children?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Joan.
(d) Alice.
7. What does Bateson discuss at the opening of Chapter 4?
(a) Human evolution.
(b) The balance of power in politics.
(c) The separation of church and state.
(d) Music as metaphor.
8. What was the name of Joan's first book?
(a) "The Universal Thread".
(b) "The Universal Quilt".
(c) "The Universal Button".
(d) "The Universal Bead".
9. Which of the women coined the term "tweeded"?
(a) Johnnetta.
(b) Mary.
(c) Alice.
(d) Joan.
10. What does Alice believe is the art form of the 21st century?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Technology.
(d) Gardening.
11. How many books did Ellen and Steve collaborate on during their marriage?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.
12. What does Bateson describe as a constant riddle?
(a) Sex.
(b) Gender roles.
(c) Love.
(d) Life.
13. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?
(a) She believes following a recipe is the only way of ensuring success.
(b) She encourages women to improvise rather than follow preset plans.
(c) She only follows recipes that have been passed down from generations of women in her family.
(d) 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.
14. How many children did Joan and Erik have together?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.
15. What does Bateson claim is the unifying thread of all the women she discusses in the book?
(a) They have all faced frustration and difficult choices.
(b) They are all hopeless failures in life, despite having passion for their individual arts.
(c) They are all professionally successful and have wisdom to pass on.
(d) They are all partners in highly successful marriages.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Mrs. Erickson's first name?
2. Whose point of view concludes chapter four?
3. According to Bateson, what does American society value above all else?
4. Which of the women in the book are looking for "symmetrical relationships"?
5. What subject did Johnnetta study in college?
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