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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. The author describes her dear friend Louis as a "brilliant" and what kind of man?
(a) Thoughtful.
(b) Kind.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Liberal.

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 movies.
(b) Western books.
(c) Western newspapers.
(d) Western magazines.

3. The author says that at some point, she added to her feminist label the words "Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and" what "for Herself and Not For Men" (8)?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Mascara.
(c) Short skirts.
(d) High Heels.

4. In what town did the author attend primary school?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Akure.
(c) Nsukka.
(d) Abuja.

5. After the qualifying tests were scored, the teacher said that all class monitors had to be what?
(a) Punctual.
(b) Male.
(c) Studious.
(d) Polite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture does the author remember the man making as he advised her not to call herself a feminist?

2. What is NOT listed as one of the duties performed by the men who park cars in Lagos?

3. The author describes Lagos as having more energy than what city?

4. While she was promoting her first novel, the author says that a female academic told her that feminism was what?

5. What was Louis's reaction to the man's words after receiving his tip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Adichie's revelation that she read "every single Mills and Boon romance published" (8) before she was 16?

2. 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)?

3. How does Adichie employ self-deprecating humor in her anecdote about the Nigerian journalist?

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

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

6. What examples does Adichie provide for her claims that if we see or "do the same thing over and over, it becomes normal"? (10)

7. 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?

8. What were the duties of the class monitor at Adichie's primary school?

9. What did Adichie decide to do the first time she was called a feminist and why?

10. Describe the occasion when Adichie was first called a feminist and how she received the comment.

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