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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 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?
(a) Sterotypes.
(b) Transphobia.
(c) Sexism.
(d) Ageism.

2. How did the author perform on the test meant to assign class monitors?
(a) She earned the lowest score in the class.
(b) She earned the highest score in the class.
(c) She earned the third-highest score in the class.
(d) She earned the second-highest score in the class.

3. From what source does the author say the man in Lagos had believed that all her money had originated?
(a) From prostitution.
(b) From family inheritance.
(c) From her husband.
(d) From Louis.

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

5. What condition does the author say must be met before she goes out to restaurants or cafes in Lagos?
(a) It must be morning.
(b) It must be past midnight.
(c) It must be afternoon.
(d) It must be evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author name as being the first person to call her a feminist?

2. What did the man in Lagos say when receiving his tip?

3. How does the author describe the town in which she attended primary school?

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

5. What does the author say happens every time she tries to read a classic feminist text?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What is the symbolism of the cane in the anecdote about the class monitor?

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

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

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

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

10. 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)?

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