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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 the word feminist as being what with "negative baggage" (8)?
(a) Loaded.
(b) Full.
(c) Swarming.
(d) Heavy.

2. Lagos is described as being what type of hub within the country?
(a) Commercial.
(b) Exporting.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Fashion.

3. The author says that "if we see something over and over, it becomes" (12) what?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Integral to our lives.
(c) Part of the landscape.
(d) Normal.

4. In what country was the author promoting her first novel when a man advised her not to call herself a feminist?
(a) Zambia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Zimbabwe.

5. What superlative adjective does the author use to describe the city of Lagos?
(a) Poorest.
(b) Largest.
(c) Smallest.
(d) Richest.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What is NOT on the author's list of stereptypical beliefs regarding feminists?

3. What adverb does the author use to describe the manner in which the young men in Lagos help people park their cars?

4. The author says that a dear friend of hers once told her that calling herself a feminist meant what?

5. From what source does the author say the man in Lagos had believed that all her money had originated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusion does Adichie reach as a result of awarding herself the title of "Happy African Feminist Who Does Not Hate Me and Who Likes to Wear Lip Gloss and High Heels For Herself and Not For Men" (9)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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