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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 26-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that the most famous cooks in the world are given the "fancy title of" (33) what?
(a) Chef.
(b) Preparateur.
(c) Sous chef.
(d) Maitre d'.

2. What word does the author say she dislikes above all other English words?
(a) Emasculation.
(b) Machismo.
(c) Defeminization.
(d) Girly.

3. From what source does the author say the man in Lagos had believed that all her money had originated?
(a) From prostitution.
(b) From Louis.
(c) From her husband.
(d) From family inheritance.

4. The author states that "it is one thing to know something intellectually, and quite another to feel it" (20) in what way?
(a) Emotionally.
(b) In your gut.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) In your bones.

5. The author writes that "Gender as it functions today is a grave" (20) what?
(a) Antiquity.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Travesty.
(d) Relic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that the first time she was called a feminist, the speaker's tone had been the same tone a person would use to accuse someone of being a what?

2. The author states that physically, men are in general more what than women are?

3. While she was promoting her first novel, the author says that a female academic told her that feminism was what?

4. What was the position of the man who stopped the author at the door of her Nigerian hotel?

5. The author describes Lagos as having more entrepreneurial spirit than what city?

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