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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. Which of the following Nordic countries does the narrator cite as an example of improving gender parity?

2. Chapter 14 opens with which of the following?

3. Chapter 10 opens with which of the following?

4. In which *hospital* does Chapter 8 begin?

5. With which of the following is Elizabeth afflicted in Burkina Faso?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Elizabeth come to realize about issues of gender inequality (157)?

2. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?

3. What objections are raised to including and appealing to men in HeForShe?

4. How are people in Tanzania persuaded to allow women to distribute medication?

5. How does Baba explain the decision to leave Elizabeth with Gogo?

6. What prompts Henzi’s nickname?

7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 14 (209-10)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

8. With what is Elizabeth afflicted in what she reports as her first close encounter with her own death?

9. Why, per Elizabeth, does she buy Amai and Baba a home?

10. How is the death of Tanaka explained?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A lack of formal sectional division in the memoir obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the memoir be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator makes mention of “so many [opportunities] in my life for which I am deeply grateful” (73). What effect does that expression of gratitude have for the narrator? How does that effect manifest from the text of the memoir?

Essay Topic 3

Notably, there is not much mention of romantic love in the memoir. What effect does this have on the reading, and how is that effect achieved?

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