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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states unequivocally that society spends too much time teaching girls to worry about what?
(a) Their appearance.
(b) What boys think of them.
(c) Their future husbands.
(d) What other girls think of them.

2. What threat does the author say is much more likely to be levied against a woman than against a man?
(a) The possibility of having to resort to sex work.
(b) The possibility of physical violence.
(c) The possibility of having a ruined or nonexistent marriage.
(d) The possibility of demotion.

3. The author describes the word feminist as being what with "negative baggage" (8)?
(a) Full.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Swarming.
(d) Loaded.

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

5. How much money did the author give as a tip to the man in Lagos?
(a) The equivalent of five U.S. dollars.
(b) The equivalent of two U.S. dollars.
(c) She does not give the reader that information.
(d) The equivalent of three U.S. dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the function of culture is to "ensure the preservation" and the what "of a people" (45)?

2. The author admits that she does still feel what "in the face of gender expectations" (38)?

3. What name did the author decide to call herself after listening to the man advise her not to call herself a feminist?

4. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?

5. The author says that she had read every published Mills and Boon book before she had turned what age?

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