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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36-48.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What action is NOT included in the author's list of things American women believe they cannot do if they want to be liked?
(a) Being aggressive.
(b) Calling herself a feminist.
(c) Disagreeing too loudly.
(d) Showing anger.
2. After the man in Lagos's comment at receiving a tip, the author says she saw what "dawn on Louis's face"? (14)
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Comprehension.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Realization.
3. What detail of Okoloma's method of dress is remembered vividly by the author?
(a) Okoloma wore a dashiki.
(b) Okoloma wore an ascot.
(c) Okoloma wore cowboy boots.
(d) Okoloma wore a bolo tie.
4. What is referred to by the Nigerian expression "bottom power" (43)?
(a) A woman who uses her sexuality to get things from men.
(b) A woman who uses her education to rise through the ranks of positions traditionally held by men.
(c) A man who uses his authority over women in order to further his own goals.
(d) A man who uses his sexuality to get things from women.
5. With whom had Louis and the author been out to dinner the night of the incident with the man in Lagos?
(a) Only with one another.
(b) With friends.
(c) With co-workers.
(d) With family.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. Whom does the author name as being the first person to call her a feminist?
3. What does the author say is more important than changes to policy and law in the fight for gender equality?
4. The author states that it is the sad truth that when it comes to what, society starts off with men as the standard and as the norm?
5. What adverb does the author use to describe the manner in which the young men in Lagos help people park their cars?
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