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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the qualifying tests were scored, the teacher said that all class monitors had to be what?
2. What happened during the author's original TED Talk about feminism that the author says gave her hope?
3. What is NOT listed as one of the duties performed by the men who park cars in Lagos?
4. In what area of her country was the author's primary school located?
5. The man who advised the author not to call herself a feminist confided in her that people were saying her novel was what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?
2. 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?
3. How does the theme of perspective reemerge within Adichie's anecdote about her friend Louis?
4. Describe the occasion when Adichie was first called a feminist and how she received the comment.
5. Who tells Adichie that calling herself a feminist means that she hates men and why is this source significant?
6. What is the underlying meaning behind Adichie's statement that "feminism was un-African"? (8)
7. What did Adichie decide to do the first time she was called a feminist and why?
8. What is Adichie's purpose for using the second person point of view within her list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?
9. What is ironic about Adichie's revelation that she read "every single Mills and Boon romance published" (8) before she was 16?
10. How would you characterize Adichie's relationship with Okoloma?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay invites readers to learn particular lessons from her own experiences and to apply those lessons to their own lives. How does she accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that discusses the author's purpose for her juxtaposition of the two countries of Nigeria and the United States in her discussion of gender.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's anecdote regarding her twin nieces and the now defunct traditions of the Igbo people. What themes are demonstrated in the author’s use of this anecdote and what rhetorical devices does she use to make those connections?
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