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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. What name did the author decide to call herself after being accused by the female academic of having been influenced by Western culture?
(a) An African Feminist.
(b) A Jolly African Feminist.
(c) A Discerning African Feminist.
(d) A Happy African Feminist.

2. The author recalls when her friend Louis told her, "Everything is" what "now for women"? (12)
(a) Fair.
(b) Fine.
(c) Equal.
(d) Good.

3. What job did the man hold who advised the author not to call herself a feminist?
(a) Editor.
(b) Professor.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Theater owner.

4. What detail of Okoloma's method of dress is remembered vividly by the author?
(a) Okoloma wore a bolo tie.
(b) Okoloma wore a dashiki.
(c) Okoloma wore an ascot.
(d) Okoloma wore cowboy boots.

5. With whom had Louis and the author been out to dinner the night of the incident with the man in Lagos?
(a) With friends.
(b) With co-workers.
(c) Only with one another.
(d) With family.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that just like in many big cities, doing what in Lagos in the evenings can be difficult?

2. The author describes the word feminist as being what with "negative baggage" (8)?

3. The author says that she often makes "the mistake of thinking that something that is" what "to her is just as" what "to everyone else" (12)?

4. The female academic told the author that the author was only calling herself a feminist because she had been influenced by what?

5. The author describes Lagos as having more entrepreneurial spirit than what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is Adichie's reaction to the journalist's criticism of her novel and how does it display themes inherent to the essay?

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

5. What exposition does Adichie provide within her anecdote about the role of class monitor?

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

7. 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?

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 the symbolism of the cane in the anecdote about the class monitor?

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