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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Barbara Kingsolver cringe when the evangelists urge women to take up housework?
(a) She knows that they will be trapped in it forever.
(b) She knows that men will not always support them.
(c) She knows that the only path to self-fulfillment is through education.
(d) She knows that religion is usually an obstacle to a woman's self-fulfillment.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver think about after her discovery?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Birth and aging.
(c) Modern necessities.
(d) Time and change.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she spent as little time as possible on?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Managing money.
(c) Housekeeping.
(d) Revising.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was more important than is thought.
(b) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.
(c) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.
(d) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?
(a) A weekend away.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) Rain boots.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say happens to a woman's standard of living after a divorce?

3. What would Barbara Kingsolver wear to school?

4. What was the problem with the education system in Barbara Kingsolver's hometown?

5. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

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