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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says that the first time she was called a feminist, the speaker's tone had been the same tone a person would use to accuse someone of being a what?
(a) A vegetarian.
(b) A treehugger.
(c) A supporter of terrorism.
(d) A supporter of the death penalty.

2. What does the author say happens every time she tries to read a classic feminist text?
(a) She prays that her daughters will thrive.
(b) She gets inspired and cannot wait to read another one.
(c) She gets bored and struggles to finish.
(d) She thinks of her female ancestors.

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

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

5. In what country was the author promoting her first novel when a man advised her not to call herself a feminist?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Zambia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when she was first referred to as a feminist?

2. When the man advised the author not to call herself a feminist, he said that feminists are women who are unhappy because of what reason??

3. What name did the author decide to call herself after being accused by the female academic of having been influenced by Western culture?

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

5. The man who advised the author not to call herself a feminist confided in her that people were saying her novel was what?

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