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- 1. Multiple ChoiceHow does Anneke represent the kind of woman the author is talking about "Women feel such pressure to be everything, do everything...Career, kids, art, politics?"She is the mother of many childrenShe is well educatedShe juggles several different rolesShe is ambitious
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhen the author states, "I'm convinced the past we must contend with is deeper even than speech," he meansroles are deeply rooted in our speciesthe past is not something we can talk aboutthere are no words to convey the pain of the pastthe battle of the sexes will go on forever
- 3. Multiple Choice
The author uses the example of soldiers waiting and warring to support his point that
soldiers' lives required patience and sacrifice like most men
the lives of most men he knew were bleak and difficult
the bodies of soldiers are not broken like those of workers
he knew some men who led lives with purpose
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe reader can infer that the man who served as the author's primary role model washis fathera soldierhis college professora character on t.v.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceUnlike the men the author grew up with, the men he met in collegewere intelligentviewed women as equalsworked very hardbelieved they would have wealth and power
- 6. Multiple Choice
The best example of something ACRID is
a rude and arrogant
a rotten potatoes
a sweet apple
is a devoutly religious man
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAs a boy, the author envied women becausetheir lives were full of workthey had more educationtheir lives seemed more enjoyablethey cared for their children
- 8. Multiple Choice
The term "blue collar" refers to
toilers
bosses
college students
maimed individuals
- 9. Multiple Choice
A person who is savvy is
well known
admired
stealthy
shrewd
- 10. Multiple Choice
A marginal student is most likely to
attend tutoring sessions weekly
dedicate his time reviewing lessons
forego studying and go to the movies
be absent
- 11. Multiple Choice
To discredit someone you can
refuse them credit
praise them
slander them
assume their identity
- 12. Multiple Choice
Each of the following contains a metaphor EXCEPT
"the hands tattooed with scars"
"just as soldiers were hammers used for the nails"
"wrestling parts onto cars and refrigerators"
"their forearms ropy with muscle"
- 13. Multiple Choice
Men and women are more equal among the working class
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Among white collar workers, the women feel inferior to men
True
Flase
- 15. Multiple Choice
Sanders doesn't experiences discrimantion due to his gender
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
His tone toward the men from his childhood is
wary
resentful
sympathetic
indifferent
- 17. Multiple Choice
Sanders compares the men and women of his childhood to those of the Stone Age to
demonstrate the brutality of the gender roles
stress the nature of the difficult lives led by both genders
highlight the limited ideas toward gender both groups shared
state his heritage
- 18. Multiple Choice
Sanders commences his essay by using
statistics
ethos
a notable quote
an anecdotes
- 19. Multiple Choice
In the beginning, Sanders genuinely agrees with his friend Anneke that it is more difficult to be a man.
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
Sanders's experience at Cambridge teaches him that
women feel pressure to do everything
men are targets of discrimination
it is a genderless society
education is reserved for the wealthy
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