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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author give as the reason for why the man in Lagos had believed what he had about the source of the author's money?
(a) Because Kene is a man.
(b) Because Louis is a man.
(c) Because she is a woman.
(d) Because Okoloma is a man.

2. The female academic told the author that the author was only calling herself a feminist because she had been influenced by what?
(a) Western books.
(b) Western magazines.
(c) Western newspapers.
(d) Western movies.

3. With whom had Louis and the author been out to dinner the night of the incident with the man in Lagos?
(a) With friends.
(b) Only with one another.
(c) With co-workers.
(d) With family.

4. What did the man in Lagos say when receiving his tip?
(a) "Is this it?" (14).
(b) "I appreciate this very much, ma'am" (14).
(c) "God bless you both" (14).
(d) "Thank you, sah!" (14).

5. The author describes Lagos as having more energy than what city?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York City.
(c) London.
(d) Mexico City.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who advised the author not to call herself a feminist confided in her that people were saying her novel was what?

2. In what country was the author's original TED Talk about feminism given?

3. The only TED Talk the author had given prior to her speech about feminism was called "The Danger of the Single Story" and focused on what topic?

4. What about the man in Lagos inspired the author to give him a tip?

5. In what area of her country was the author's primary school located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the underlying meaning behind Adichie's statement that "feminism was un-African"? (8)

2. What was the topic of Adichie's previous talk entitled "The Danger of the Single Story" (3)?

3. What is ironic about the teacher's statement that the class monitor of course had to be a boy and that she had thought this fact would be "obvious" (10)?

4. What was Adichie's reason for choosing the subject of feminism for her speech?

5. What is Adichie's purpose for waiting until the end of the anecdote to reveal that she was not allowed to be class monitor since she was a girl?

6. How would you characterize Adichie's relationship with Okoloma?

7. How is the device of repetition employed within Adichie's list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?

8. How does Adichie describe the boy who was awarded the role of class monitor and do her revelations depict her message about focusing on interest and ability rather than on gender?

9. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?

10. How did Adichie's expectations of the audience's reaction differ from the way in which the audience actually reacted to the author's speech about feminism?

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