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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 states that "the harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his" (26) what is?
(a) Resolve.
(b) Ego.
(c) Sense of justice.
(d) Will.

2. What reason does the author give for worrying about her choice of clothing on her first day of teaching?
(a) She wanted to be taken seriously.
(b) She wanted to seem strict.
(c) She wanted to seem fashionable.
(d) She wanted to seem young.

3. The author states that what topic is "not an easy conversation to have" (39)?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Solutions.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Gender.

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

5. The author states that she often wears clothes that men do not like and do not what?
(a) Understand.
(b) Notice.
(c) Appreciate.
(d) Compliment.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that most of the positions of prestige in the world are occupied by whom?

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

3. 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?

4. The author states that she has learned "a lot about systems of oppression and how they can be blind to one another by talking to" (43) what kind of men?

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

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