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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 every time she walks into a Nigerian restaurant with a man, who greets the man and ignores her?
(a) The hostess.
(b) The owner.
(c) The waiter.
(d) The concierge.

2. The author states that "the problem with gender is that it" does what "rather than recognizing how we are" (33)?
(a) Makes us think there is something wrong with us.
(b) Makes us live in cages.
(c) Prescribes how we should be.
(d) Punishes us for what we are not.

3. What genre of books does Mills and Boon produce?
(a) Academic textbooks.
(b) Science fiction novels.
(c) Travel essays.
(d) Romance novels.

4. The author states that women have a greater number of opportunities than they did 50 years ago, thanks to changes in what two elements?
(a) Career and financial stability.
(b) Marriage and family.
(c) Policy and law.
(d) Education and human rights improvements.

5. 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 cashing her paycheck.
(b) For doing the dishes.
(c) For taking out the trash.
(d) For changing their baby's diaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the commands that society tells girls, such as "Close your legs. Cover yourself" (31) are examples of teaching girls what?

2. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?

3. What is NOT on the author's list of stereptypical beliefs regarding feminists?

4. The author says that Okoloma always looked after her like a what?

5. The author states that 1,000 years ago, what quality was the most important attribute for survival?

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