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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hormone does the author say that men have more of than women?
(a) Cortisol.
(b) Testosterone.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Progesterone.

2. The author states that she is still trying to take what action in response to the lessons of gender she internalized in her youth?
(a) Challenge the lessons.
(b) Forget the lessons.
(c) Unlearn the lessons.
(d) Examine the lessons.

3. The author describes Lagos as having more energy than what city?
(a) Paris.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

4. What two items does the author say she had wanted to wear on her first day of teaching?
(a) A hat and a frilly vest.
(b) A denim jacket and a miniskirt.
(c) A flouncy blouse and an ascot.
(d) Shiny lip gloss and a girly skirt.

5. The author states that the male gaze is largely what as a "shaper of her life's choices" (39)?
(a) Harmless.
(b) Incidental.
(c) Insidious.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. A century ago, the Igbo culture considered the birth of twins to be what type of omen?

2. The author says that just like in many big cities, doing what in Lagos in the evenings can be difficult?

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

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

5. The author says that "if we see something over and over, it becomes" (12) what?

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