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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the author grants that boys and girls are different biologically, she claims that what practice "exaggerates the differences" (33)?
(a) Hierarchies.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Socialization.
(d) Stereotyping.

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

3. 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) Punishes us for what we are not.
(d) Prescribes how we should be.

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

5. The author brings up the case of a woman she knows who hates what, but pretends to like it because it will make her "good wife material" (33)?
(a) Dressing up.
(b) Lacemaking.
(c) Wearing makeup.
(d) Domestic duties.

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

7. When an acquaintance attacked the author's article, saying that it was too angry, the article had focused on the nature of being what two qualities while living in Lagos?
(a) Poor and unemployed.
(b) Young and female.
(c) Strong and female.
(d) Weak and oppressed.

8. What was NOT one of the questions the man asked the author when he stopped her outside of her Nigerian hotel?
(a) Has your stay been a pleasant one so far?
(b) Do you know the person you are visiting in the hotel today?
(c) Can you prove that you are a hotel guest by showing me your key card?
(d) What is the name and room number of the person you are visiting?

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

10. The author states unequivocally that society spends too much time teaching girls to worry about what?
(a) Their future husbands.
(b) What other girls think of them.
(c) What boys think of them.
(d) Their appearance.

11. In what city does the author teach a writing workshop?
(a) Abuja.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Jos.
(d) Ibadan.

12. What two qualities does the author suggest that society focus on when raising children instead of focusing on gender?
(a) Ability and interest.
(b) Money and fame.
(c) Suitability and adaptability.
(d) Happiness and satisfaction.

13. 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?
(a) Pretense.
(b) Manipulation.
(c) Submission.
(d) Deception.

14. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?
(a) Mean.
(b) Unlikable.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Bitchy.

15. 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) Give away most of her belongings.
(c) Quit her lucrative job.
(d) Sell her sports car.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asks that the reader begin to dream about and plan for "a world of happier men and happier women" who are more what?

2. The author states that modern society teaches boys to do what to their true selves?

3. 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?

4. The author marvels at how many female American friends of hers are ridiculously invested in being what?

5. The author writes that "Anger has a long history of bringing about" (20) what?

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