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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 36-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Emotional well-being.
(b) Financial security.
(c) A job, a career goal, or a dream.
(d) An inappropriate hobby.

3. The author says that a dear friend of hers once told her that calling herself a feminist meant what?
(a) That she hated men.
(b) That she was probably gay.
(c) That she was too political for her own good.
(d) That she was too pretty for such a label.

4. The author states that usually when a man states that he has taken an action "for peace in [his] marriage" (31), it is because he has given up what?
(a) Financial security.
(b) An inappropriate hobby.
(c) Emotional well-being.
(d) A job, a career goal, or a dream.

5. The asking of what question is pointed out by the author as a way of "silencing a person's specific experiences" (43)?
(a) Why don't you talk about yourself as a human being rather than as a woman?
(b) What is so special about your story?
(c) Why don't you join one of the existing feminist organizations?
(d) Why don't you like men?

Short Answer Questions

1. The author laments the fact that society teaches girls to see each other as competitors for what?

2. The only TED Talk the author had given prior to her speech about feminism was called "The Danger of the Single Story" and focused on what topic?

3. 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?

4. What does the author say is more important than changes to policy and law in the fight for gender equality?

5. With whom had Louis and the author been out to dinner the night of the incident with the man in Lagos?

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