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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action is NOT included in the author's list of things American women believe they cannot do if they want to be liked?
(a) Being aggressive.
(b) Showing anger.
(c) Disagreeing too loudly.
(d) Calling herself a feminist.

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

3. The author states that in Nigeria, a Nigerian female walking into a hotel alone is automatically assumed to be a what?
(a) A sex worker.
(b) A businesswoman.
(c) A feminist.
(d) A divorcee.

4. What prestigious position was held by Wangari Maathai before her death?
(a) The Kenyan Nobel peace laureate.
(b) The ambassador to Kenya.
(c) The Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.
(d) The United States Poet Laureate.

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

6. The author states that society teaches girls to make themselves what?
(a) Smaller.
(b) Weaker.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Submissive.

7. 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) Injustice.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Hope.

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

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

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

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

12. Wangari Maathai famously said that "the higher you go, the fewer" what "there are" (16)?
(a) Restrictions.
(b) Ignorant people.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Women.

13. The author entreats the reader to "imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of" (33) what?
(a) Cultural expectations.
(b) Social norms.
(c) Socialization.
(d) Gender expectations.

14. 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 fight off sexual advances.
(b) To hate themselves.
(c) To learn to protect their virginity.
(d) Shame.

15. 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 boys think of them.
(d) What other girls think of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat does the author say is much more likely to be levied against a woman than against a man?

2. The author states that every time she walks into a Nigerian restaurant with a man, who greets the man and ignores her?

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

4. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?

5. The author states that she knows an unmarried woman who does what when she goes to conferences so that she will be given respect by her colleagues?

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