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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 26-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT listed as one of the duties performed by the men who park cars in Lagos?
(a) Guiding drivers into parking spots.
(b) Looking after people's cars.
(c) Finding parking spots for drivers.
(d) Washing people's cars.

2. The author states that society teaches a woman at a certain age who is still what, to see it as "a deep personal failure" (29)?
(a) Unmarried.
(b) Without a home.
(c) Without a career.
(d) Childless.

3. The author suggests that society start to raise boys and girls who do not link what two elements together?
(a) Masculinity and money.
(b) Masculinity and strength.
(c) Masculinity and size.
(d) Femininity and weakness.

4. The author entreats the reader to "imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of" (33) what?
(a) Social norms.
(b) Socialization.
(c) Cultural expectations.
(d) Gender expectations.

5. The author states that in what kind of way, men rule the world?
(a) In an obvious way.
(b) In a literal way.
(c) In an invisible way.
(d) In a figurative way.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, not wearing a wedding ring in a modern workplace results in a woman being seen as easily what?

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)?

4. In what city does the author say she cannot visit reputable bars and clubs alone?

5. What is NOT a way the author feels when she gets ignored in a Nigerian restaurant?

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