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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality does the author say society praises in girls, but not in boys?
(a) Virginity.
(b) Submissiveness.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Joy.

2. What threat does the author say is much more likely to be levied against a woman than against a man?
(a) The possibility of demotion.
(b) The possibility of having a ruined or nonexistent marriage.
(c) The possibility of physical violence.
(d) The possibility of having to resort to sex work.

3. 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) Marriage and family.
(b) Education and human rights improvements.
(c) Career and financial stability.
(d) Policy and law.

4. 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 talk to the author after the end of the workshop.
(d) To tell her husband about her enrollment in the workshop.

5. What object does the author use as a metaphor for masculinity?
(a) A mirage.
(b) A cage.
(c) An octopus.
(d) A ghost.

6. What hormone does the author say that men have more of than women?
(a) Testosterone.
(b) Cortisol.
(c) Progesterone.
(d) Estrogen.

7. The author states that women are instructed to always keep in mind that what aspect of life is the most important?
(a) Children.
(b) Career.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Travel.

8. What word does the author say she dislikes above all other English words?
(a) Emasculation.
(b) Girly.
(c) Defeminization.
(d) Machismo.

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

10. The author laments the fact that society teaches girls to see each other as competitors for what?
(a) Accolades.
(b) The attention of men.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Accomplishments.

11. 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) Without a career.
(b) Childless.
(c) Without a home.
(d) Unmarried.

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

13. The author marvels at how many female American friends of hers are ridiculously invested in being what?
(a) Rich.
(b) Liked.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Viewed as harmless.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states that the socialization inflicted upon girls makes them grow up to be women who have by then turned what into an art form?

3. The author states that the most famous cooks in the world are given the "fancy title of" (33) what?

4. What action is NOT included in the author's list of things American women believe they cannot do if they want to be liked?

5. The author states that usually when a woman states that she has taken an action "for peace in [her] marriage" (31), it is because she has given up what?

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