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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT on the author's list of feelings that society teaches boys to fear?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Egomania.

2. 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) Policy and law.
(c) Education and human rights improvements.
(d) Marriage and family.

3. 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.

4. The author states that most of the positions of prestige in the world are occupied by whom?
(a) Politicians.
(b) The rich.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

5. The author says that modern society raises girls who cannot say that they have what?
(a) Desire.
(b) Money.
(c) Goals.
(d) Needs.

6. The author states that most of the positions of power in the world are occupied by whom?
(a) The rich.
(b) Baby boomers.
(c) Men.
(d) Sexists.

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

8. What member of the author's family does she describe as brilliant?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

9. What does the author state is true of a great many marriages?
(a) The woman arranges the couple's social life.
(b) The woman does most of the housework.
(c) The woman does most of the child-rearing.
(d) The man makes more money.

10. The author states that in what kind of way, men rule the world?
(a) In a figurative way.
(b) In a literal way.
(c) In an obvious way.
(d) In an invisible way.

11. One of the participants in the author's writing workshop had been told by a friend not to do what?
(a) To listen to the author's feminist ideas.
(b) To share her personal feelings with the author.
(c) To tell her husband about her enrollment in the workshop.
(d) To talk to the author after the end of the workshop.

12. The author states that society teaches a woman at a certain age who is still what, to see it as "a deep personal failure" (29)?
(a) Childless.
(b) Without a home.
(c) Without a career.
(d) Unmarried.

13. The author writes that "Gender as it functions today is a grave" (20) what?
(a) Antiquity.
(b) Travesty.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Relic.

14. What verb does the author use to describe the effect that the little things can sometimes have on people?
(a) Sting.
(b) Stab.
(c) Burn.
(d) Singe.

15. The author states that "it is one thing to know something intellectually, and quite another to feel it" (20) in what way?
(a) In your bones.
(b) Emotionally.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) In your gut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the position of the man who stopped the author at the door of her Nigerian hotel?

2. What prestigious position was held by Wangari Maathai before her death?

3. What was the name of the law enacted by President Obama in 2009 that sought to reduce the income gap between men and women?

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

5. The author points out that women can perform what action, while men cannot?

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