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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that in what kind of way, men rule the world?
(a) In a literal way.
(b) In an invisible way.
(c) In a figurative way.
(d) In an obvious way.

2. The author says that "if we do something over and over, it becomes" (12) what?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Second-nature.
(c) Normal.
(d) Linked to muscle memory.

3. One of the participants in the author's writing workshop had been told by a friend not to do what?
(a) To tell her husband about her enrollment in the workshop.
(b) To talk to the author after the end of the workshop.
(c) To listen to the author's feminist ideas.
(d) To share her personal feelings with the author.

4. What was the title of the author's first novel?
(a) Americanah.
(b) Purple Hibiscus.
(c) Half of a Yellow Sun.
(d) For Love of Biafra.

5. What prestigious position was held by Wangari Maathai before her death?
(a) The Kenyan Nobel peace laureate.
(b) The ambassador to Kenya.
(c) The Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.
(d) The United States Poet Laureate.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that at some point, she added to her feminist label the words "Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and" what "for Herself and Not For Men" (8)?

2. The first time the author was called a feminist, she says that she could tell that the word was not a what?

3. The only TED Talk the author had given prior to her speech about feminism was called "The Danger of the Single Story" and focused on what topic?

4. The author states that to improve the gender problem, we must start by doing what?

5. The man who advised the author not to call herself a feminist confided in her that people were saying her novel was what?

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