The Men We Carry in Our Minds

How does Anneke represent the kind of woman the author is talking about in lines 15–16, “Women feel such pressure to be everything, do everything. . . . Career, kids, art, politics”?

• A She is the mother of many children.

• B She is well educated.

• C She juggles several different roles.

• D She is ambitious.

When the author says in lines 40–41 that “I’m convinced the past we must contend with is deeper even than speech,” he means that

• A the past is not something we can talk about.

• B there are no words to convey the pain of the past.

• C the battle of the sexes will go on forever.

• D men’s and women’s roles are deeply rooted in our species.

The author uses the example of soldiers waiting and warring to support his point that

• A soldiers’ lives differ from the lives of most other men.

• B the lives of most men he knew were bleak and difficult.

• C the bodies of soldiers are not broken like those of workers.

• D he knew some men who led lives with purpose and meaning.

The reader can infer that the man who served as the author’s primary role model was

• A his father.

• B a soldier.

• C his college professor.

• D a character on television.

Unlike the men the author grew up with, the men he met in college

• A were intelligent.

• B viewed women as equals.

• C worked very hard.

• D believed they would have wealth and power.

As a boy, the author envied women because

• A their lives were full of work.

• B they had more education.

• C their lives seemed more enjoyable.

• D they cared for children.

To discredit something is to

• A stop payment on it.

• B disgrace it.

• C end it.

• D find it.

What does marginal mean?

• A meeting the lower limits of acceptability

• B exceedingly sociable

• C not terribly dedicated

• D committed and determined

A person who is savvy is

• A well known.

• B likable.

• C perceptive.

• D sneaky.

What does acrid mean?

• A poisonous

• B expressing a sarcastic tone

• C causing great harm

• D having a sharp smell or flavor