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

2. 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.

3. The author states that most of the positions of prestige in the world are occupied by whom?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) The rich.
(d) Politicians.

4. The author states that the most famous cooks in the world are given the "fancy title of" (33) what?
(a) Preparateur.
(b) Sous chef.
(c) Chef.
(d) Maitre d'.

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

6. 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 tell her husband about her enrollment in the workshop.
(c) To talk to the author after the end of the workshop.
(d) To share her personal feelings with the author.

7. 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.

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

9. 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) Spiritually.
(c) In your bones.
(d) Emotionally.

10. When the author describes a woman she knows who has the same degree and job as her husband, for the completion of what task does the woman always thank her husband?
(a) For cashing her paycheck.
(b) For taking out the trash.
(c) For changing their baby's diaper.
(d) For doing the dishes.

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

12. What does the author state is true of a great many marriages?
(a) The man makes more money.
(b) The woman does most of the child-rearing.
(c) The woman does most of the housework.
(d) The woman arranges the couple's social life.

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

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

15. 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 gone home and cried.
(b) She had filed an anonymous complaint.
(c) She had called the author in order to vent.
(d) She had resigned.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that the commands that society tells girls, such as "Close your legs. Cover yourself" (31) are examples of teaching girls what?

2. What was NOT one of the questions the man asked the author when he stopped her outside of her Nigerian hotel?

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

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

5. The author writes that "Gender as it functions today is a grave" (20) what?

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