The Men We Carry in Our Minds
Authored by Eric Heffelfinger
12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To discredit something is to
A stop payment on it.
B disgrace it.
C end it.
D find it.
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