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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What percent of the world's population is female?
(a) 48%.
(b) 52%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 46%.

6. What was the position of the man who stopped the author at the door of her Nigerian hotel?
(a) A bellhop.
(b) A doorman.
(c) A valet.
(d) A guard.

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 owner.
(b) The hostess.
(c) The concierge.
(d) The waiter.

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

9. What word is used in Nigeria in order to describe a woman who likes and is good at domestic duties?
(a) Homely.
(b) Domestic.
(c) Wifely.
(d) Homey.

10. The author relates the story of her friend who had felt slighted by her boss in a meeting and had wanted to challenge him, but had instead taken what action?
(a) She had called the author in order to vent.
(b) She had gone home and cried.
(c) She had filed an anonymous complaint.
(d) She had resigned.

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. According to the author, not wearing a wedding ring in a modern workplace results in a woman being seen as easily what?
(a) Ignored.
(b) Manipulated.
(c) Lovable.
(d) Dismissable.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author laments the fact that society teaches girls to see each other as competitors for what?

2. What verb does the author use to describe the effect that the little things can sometimes have on people?

3. What does the author say is more important than changes to policy and law in the fight for gender equality?

4. The author states that usually when a man states that he has taken an action "for peace in [his] marriage" (31), it is because he has given up what?

5. What is NOT a way the author feels when she gets ignored in a Nigerian restaurant?

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