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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the author say she dislikes above all other English words?

2. 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?

3. The author relates that her primary school teacher had announced that how many of the top test-takers would become class monitors?

4. What prestigious position was held by Wangari Maathai before her death?

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

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