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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 type of point of view is used within the author's list of stereotypical qualities attributed to feminists?
(a) A combination of second and first person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

2. What adverb does the author use to describe the manner in which the young men in Lagos help people park their cars?
(a) Hastily.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Gladly.
(d) Dramatically.

3. The author describes her dear friend Louis as a "brilliant" and what kind of man?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Kind.

4. How does the author describe the town in which she attended primary school?
(a) As a working class town.
(b) As a university town.
(c) As a sleepy little town.
(d) As a farming town.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author perform on the test meant to assign class monitors?

3. The only TED Talk the author had given prior to her speech about feminism was called "The Danger of the Single Story" and focused on what topic?

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

5. In what country was the author's original TED Talk about feminism given?

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