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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The author states that in today's world, women are taught not to express anger because anger emanating from a woman is considered what?
(a) Masculine.
(b) Scary.
(c) Threatening.
(d) Intimidating.

5. 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?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Hope.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Injustice.

6. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?
(a) Attract or please men.
(b) Be submissive.
(c) Settle.
(d) Manipulate and abuse other women.

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

8. In what city does the author say she cannot visit reputable bars and clubs alone?
(a) Abuja.
(b) Kano.
(c) Jos.
(d) Lagos.

9. 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.

10. 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?
(a) An inappropriate hobby.
(b) Emotional well-being.
(c) A job, a career goal, or a dream.
(d) Financial security.

11. 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?
(a) True to themselves.
(b) Satisfied with their lives.
(c) Willing to make changes in the world.
(d) Aware of their own actions.

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

13. What is NOT a way the author feels when she gets ignored in a Nigerian restaurant?
(a) Upset.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Inhuman.

14. The author suggests that society start to raise boys and girls who do not link what two elements together?
(a) Femininity and weakness.
(b) Masculinity and strength.
(c) Masculinity and size.
(d) Masculinity and money.

15. 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?
(a) A job, a career goal, or a dream.
(b) An inappropriate hobby.
(c) Financial security.
(d) Emotional well-being.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?

3. The author says that modern society raises girls who cannot say that they have what?

4. The author states that "the problem with gender is that it" does what "rather than recognizing how we are" (33)?

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

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