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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 is NOT one action mentioned by the author as a feminist act undertaken by her great-grandmother?
(a) She ran away from the house of a man she did not want to marry.
(b) She advocated for victims of domestic violence.
(c) She protested when she was being deprived of land due to her gender.
(d) She married the man of her choice.

2. What two qualities does the author suggest that society focus on when raising children instead of focusing on gender?
(a) Ability and interest.
(b) Money and fame.
(c) Suitability and adaptability.
(d) Happiness and satisfaction.

3. While she was promoting her first novel, the author says that a female academic told her that feminism was what?
(a) Unladylike.
(b) A blessing.
(c) Un-African.
(d) A birthright.

4. The author says that just like in many big cities, doing what in Lagos in the evenings can be difficult?
(a) Finding a taxi.
(b) Finding parking.
(c) Making reservations.
(d) Remaining safe.

5. The author relates that her primary school teacher had announced that how many of the top test-takers would become class monitors?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author brings up the case of a woman she knows who hates what, but pretends to like it because it will make her "good wife material" (33)?

2. What reason does the author give for worrying about her choice of clothing on her first day of teaching?

3. What object does the author use as a metaphor for masculinity?

4. The author states that usually when a man states that he has taken an action "for peace in [his] marriage" (31), it is because he has given up what?

5. The author entreats the reader to "imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of" (33) what?

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