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

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 supporter of the death penalty.
(b) A vegetarian.
(c) A supporter of terrorism.
(d) A treehugger.

2. When the author describes a woman she knows who has the same degree and job as her husband, for the completion of what task does the woman always thank her husband?
(a) For changing their baby's diaper.
(b) For taking out the trash.
(c) For cashing her paycheck.
(d) For doing the dishes.

3. What does the author say is more important than changes to policy and law in the fight for gender equality?
(a) Advocacy.
(b) Money.
(c) Attitude.
(d) Everyday actions.

4. Because the author had not known what the word feminist meant the first time it was applied to her, she planned to do what the moment she arrived home?
(a) Ask her brother the meaning of the word.
(b) Look up the word in the encyclopedia.
(c) Ask her mother the meaning of the word.
(d) Look up the word in the dictionary.

5. What superlative adjective does the author use to describe the city of Lagos?
(a) Smallest.
(b) Poorest.
(c) Richest.
(d) Largest.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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??

2. The author states that "thinking of changing the status quo is always" what?

3. The author taught what type of class for the first time when she was in graduate school?

4. The author states that "the problem with gender is that it" does what "rather than recognizing how we are" (33)?

5. Though the author grants that boys and girls are different biologically, she claims that what practice "exaggerates the differences" (33)?

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