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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 26-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT on the author's list of feelings that society teaches boys to fear?
(a) Fear.
(b) Egomania.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Weakness.

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

3. Though the author grants that boys and girls are different biologically, she claims that what practice "exaggerates the differences" (33)?
(a) Socialization.
(b) Hierarchies.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Stereotyping.

4. What does the author give as the reason for why the man in Lagos had believed what he had about the source of the author's money?
(a) Because she is a woman.
(b) Because Kene is a man.
(c) Because Okoloma is a man.
(d) Because Louis is a man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that she knows that the lack of acknowledgement of women in Nigerian restaurants is not meant to intend what?

2. The author states that society teaches a woman at a certain age who is still what, to see it as "a deep personal failure" (29)?

3. The author states that most of the positions of prestige in the world are occupied by whom?

4. The author describes the city of Lagos as having almost how many people?

5. The author states that she has never thought it made much sense to leave what crucial task in the hands of others?

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