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

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

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

4. The author states that she knows that the lack of acknowledgement of women in Nigerian restaurants is not meant to intend what?
(a) Rudeness.
(b) Offense.
(c) Harm.
(d) Pain.

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

6. 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) Bitchy.
(c) Unlikable.
(d) Aggressive.

7. 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) Threatening.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Intimidating.
(d) Scary.

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

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

10. The author points out that women can perform what action, while men cannot?
(a) Feed their children.
(b) Have babies.
(c) Menstruate.
(d) Experience multiple orgasms.

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

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

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

14. 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) Gender expectations.
(b) Cultural expectations.
(c) Socialization.
(d) Social norms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the author teach a writing workshop?

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

3. What quality does the author say society praises in girls, but not in boys?

4. The author states that women have a greater number of opportunities than they did 50 years ago, thanks to changes in what two elements?

5. What percent of the world's population is female?

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