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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While she was promoting her first novel, the author says that a female academic told her that feminism was what?
(a) A blessing.
(b) Un-African.
(c) A birthright.
(d) Unladylike.

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

3. What is NOT one element brought up by the author in her attempt to differentiate apes from humans?
(a) Apes live in trees.
(b) Humans have opposable thumbs.
(c) Humans are not apes.
(d) Apes eat earthworms.

4. What was NOT one of the duties assigned to a class monitor?
(a) To patrol the class for noisemakers.
(b) To write the names of noisemakers.
(c) To hit distracted children with a cane.
(d) To hold a cane.

5. Though the author grants that boys and girls are different biologically, she claims that what practice "exaggerates the differences" (33)?
(a) Socialization.
(b) Hierarchies.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Stereotyping.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states that modern society teaches boys to do what to their true selves?

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

4. What about the man in Lagos inspired the author to give him a tip?

5. What does the author state is true of a great many marriages?

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