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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gesture does the author remember the man making as he advised her not to call herself a feminist?
(a) He was shaking his head sadly.
(b) He was standing with his hands on his hips.
(c) He was gesticulating with his hands.
(d) He was looking down at his shoes.

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??
(a) Because they cannot find husbands.
(b) Because they have fewer job opportunities than men.
(c) Because they are weaker than men.
(d) Because they cannot control men.

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

4. In what area of her country was the author's primary school located?
(a) Northwestern.
(b) Southeastern.
(c) Northeastern.
(d) Southwestern.

5. How old was the author when she was first referred to as a feminist?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author name as being the first person to call her a feminist?

2. What type of point of view is used within the author's list of stereotypical qualities attributed to feminists?

3. The author says that "if we see something over and over, it becomes" (12) what?

4. What did the man in Lagos say when receiving his tip?

5. While she was promoting her first novel, the author says that a female academic told her that feminism was what?

(see the answer key)

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