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

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)?
(a) Without a career.
(b) Childless.
(c) Unmarried.
(d) Without a home.

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

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

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

6. The author brings up the case of a woman she knows who hates what, but pretends to like it because it will make her "good wife material" (33)?
(a) Dressing up.
(b) Lacemaking.
(c) Domestic duties.
(d) Wearing makeup.

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

8. The author states that most of the positions of power in the world are occupied by whom?
(a) Baby boomers.
(b) The rich.
(c) Men.
(d) Sexists.

9. The author's friend who had not challenged her boss told the author it was because she did not want to seem what?
(a) Bitchy.
(b) Unlikable.
(c) Mean.
(d) Aggressive.

10. The author states that in what kind of way, men rule the world?
(a) In a figurative way.
(b) In a literal way.
(c) In an obvious way.
(d) In an invisible way.

11. 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) Manipulate and abuse other women.
(c) Settle.
(d) Attract or please men.

12. The author states that physically, men are in general more what than women are?
(a) Heavier.
(b) Stronger.
(c) Healthier.
(d) Less prone to stress.

13. What threat does the author say is much more likely to be levied against a woman than against a man?
(a) The possibility of demotion.
(b) The possibility of having to resort to sex work.
(c) The possibility of having a ruined or nonexistent marriage.
(d) The possibility of physical violence.

14. The author states that the commands that society tells girls, such as "Close your legs. Cover yourself" (31) are examples of teaching girls what?
(a) To hate themselves.
(b) Shame.
(c) To learn to protect their virginity.
(d) To fight off sexual advances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The author states that "the problem with gender is that it" does what "rather than recognizing how we are" (33)?

3. The author states that the inhumane response of some Nigerians to the case of a recent gang rape was due to the fact that they have been raised to think of women as inherently what?

4. In addition to being angry about the state of gender in today's world, what other emotion does the author say she feels about this topic?

5. 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?

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