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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 insists that bottom power is not really power at all since what condition is present?
(a) The woman does not have her own power and is just tapping into someone else's power.
(b) The man does not have his own power and is just tapping into someone else's power.
(c) It is gained through fear and intimidation.
(d) Education costs money that many women cannot afford.

2. The author states that the majority of famous cooks in the world are what?
(a) Artists.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Rich.

3. 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)?
(a) Dressing up.
(b) Lacemaking.
(c) Domestic duties.
(d) Wearing makeup.

4. How did the author meet Okoloma?
(a) They worked together.
(b) They grew up on the same street.
(c) They were distant cousins and met at a family reunion.
(d) They met at a rally for social justice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asks that the reader begin to dream about and plan for "a world of happier men and happier women" who are more what?

2. The author states that she has learned "a lot about systems of oppression and how they can be blind to one another by talking to" (43) what kind of men?

3. What word does the author say she dislikes above all other English words?

4. The author writes that "Anger has a long history of bringing about" (20) what?

5. What two items does the author say she had wanted to wear on her first day of teaching?

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