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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 tells the story of a Nigeran woman she knows who decided to do what for fear of intimidating a possible future husband?
(a) Sell her house.
(b) Sell her sports car.
(c) Quit her lucrative job.
(d) Give away most of her belongings.

2. The author states that to use the term human rights in place of the term feminism would to be deny all of the following facts, except which one?
(a) The problem of gender targets women.
(b) Men have been complicit in the oppression of women.
(c) Women have been oppressed for centuries.
(d) Women have been excluded for centuries.

3. The author insists that bottom power is not really power at all since what condition is present?
(a) Education costs money that many women cannot afford.
(b) It is gained through fear and intimidation.
(c) The woman does not have her own power and is just tapping into someone else's power.
(d) The man does not have his own power and is just tapping into someone else's power.

4. What example from the animal kingdom does the author say that some people bring up in their arguments against feminism?
(a) Female apes gather food for male apes.
(b) Young female apes are protected by young male apes.
(c) Female apes bow to male apes.
(d) Homosexuality exists in the animal kingdom.

5. The author states that she is still trying to take what action in response to the lessons of gender she internalized in her youth?
(a) Examine the lessons.
(b) Unlearn the lessons.
(c) Challenge the lessons.
(d) Forget the lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the majority of famous cooks in the world are what?

2. Wangari Maathai famously said that "the higher you go, the fewer" what "there are" (16)?

3. The other says that because she was what, she knew she would automatically have to prove her worth to her students?

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

5. What type of point of view is used within the author's list of stereotypical qualities attributed to feminists?

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