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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) Liberal.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Kind.

2. Whom does the author name as being the first person to call her a feminist?
(a) Louis.
(b) Okoloma.
(c) Kene.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. The author says that just like in many big cities, doing what in Lagos in the evenings can be difficult?
(a) Finding parking.
(b) Finding a taxi.
(c) Remaining safe.
(d) Making reservations.

4. How old was the author when she was first referred to as a feminist?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

5. What adjective does the author use to describe her reaction to the female academic's accusation that Western culture had infiltrated the author's mind?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Anger.
(c) Glee.
(d) Amusement.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the qualifying tests were scored, the teacher said that all class monitors had to be what?

2. The author says that the group of young men in Lagos make a business out of finding parking spots, even when what condition is met?

3. What detail of Okoloma's method of dress is remembered vividly by the author?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Who tells Adichie that calling herself a feminist means that she hates men and why is this source significant?

3. What is Adichie's purpose for using the second person point of view within her list of the connotations associated with the word feminist?

4. 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)?

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

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

7. From what source was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay We Should All Be Feminists adapted?

8. 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?

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

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

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