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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Deception.
(b) Pretense.
(c) Submission.
(d) Manipulation.

2. The author states that modern society teaches boys to do what to their true selves?
(a) Project.
(b) Mask.
(c) Be proud of.
(d) Bury.

3. The author states that the commands that society tells girls, such as "Close your legs. Cover yourself" (31) are examples of teaching girls what?
(a) To learn to protect their virginity.
(b) To hate themselves.
(c) Shame.
(d) To fight off sexual advances.

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

5. The author writes that "Anger has a long history of bringing about" (20) what?
(a) Equality.
(b) Productive dialogues.
(c) Changed minds.
(d) Positive change.

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

7. What does the author say is more important than changes to policy and law in the fight for gender equality?
(a) Attitude.
(b) Money.
(c) Advocacy.
(d) Everyday actions.

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

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

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

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

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

13. The author states that to improve the gender problem, we must start by doing what?
(a) By raising our sons and daughters differently.
(b) By resisting gender-based stereotypes.
(c) By learning as much as we can about feminism.
(d) By weighing each one of our daily actions.

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

15. 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 having a ruined or nonexistent marriage.
(c) The possibility of physical violence.
(d) The possibility of demotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In addition to being angry about the state of gender in today's world, what other emotion does the author say she feels about this topic?

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

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

5. What member of the author's family does she describe as brilliant?

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