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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says that at some point, she added to her feminist label the words "Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and" what "for Herself and Not For Men" (8)?
(a) Short skirts.
(b) Mascara.
(c) High Heels.
(d) Dresses.

2. The author states that to improve the gender problem, we must start by doing what?
(a) By resisting gender-based stereotypes.
(b) By raising our sons and daughters differently.
(c) By learning as much as we can about feminism.
(d) By weighing each one of our daily actions.

3. The author says that she had read every published Mills and Boon book before she had turned what age?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

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

5. What genre of books does Mills and Boon produce?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) Science fiction novels.
(c) Travel essays.
(d) Academic textbooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a way the author feels when she gets ignored in a Nigerian restaurant?

2. What adjective does the author use to describe her reaction to the female academic's accusation that Western culture had infiltrated the author's mind?

3. The author describes Lagos as having more entrepreneurial spirit than what city?

4. When an acquaintance attacked the author's article, saying that it was too angry, the article had focused on the nature of being what two qualities while living in Lagos?

5. The author's original TED Talk about feminism was given at Hi, a yearly conference focused on what?

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