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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 element brought up by the author in her attempt to differentiate apes from humans?
(a) Apes eat earthworms.
(b) Humans are not apes.
(c) Apes live in trees.
(d) Humans have opposable thumbs.

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) Forget the lessons.
(b) Challenge the lessons.
(c) Unlearn the lessons.
(d) Examine the lessons.

3. What does the author say about the class monitor incident?
(a) It illustrates skewed gender norms.
(b) She has never forgotten it.
(c) She has never stopped being furious about it.
(d) The teacher had apologized to her later.

4. The author's first novel was about a man who did what?
(a) Beat his wife.
(b) Murdered his child.
(c) Had three wives.
(d) Robbed a bank.

5. The author states that she often wears clothes that men do not like and do not what?
(a) Compliment.
(b) Notice.
(c) Understand.
(d) Appreciate.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that what topic is "not an easy conversation to have" (39)?

2. The author taught what type of class for the first time when she was in graduate school?

3. In what country did the author attend primary school?

4. What adjective does the author use to describe her reaction to the female academic's accusation that Western culture had infiltrated the author's mind?

5. In what city does the author say she cannot visit reputable bars and clubs alone?

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