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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 states that usually when a woman states that she has taken an action "for peace in [her] marriage" (31), it is because she has given up what?
(a) A job, a career goal, or a dream.
(b) Financial security.
(c) Emotional well-being.
(d) An inappropriate hobby.

2. The author states that the inhumane response of some Nigerians to the case of a recent gang rape was due to the fact that they have been raised to think of women as inherently what?
(a) Naive.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Stupid.

3. The author suggests that society start to raise boys and girls who do not link what two elements together?
(a) Femininity and weakness.
(b) Masculinity and size.
(c) Masculinity and money.
(d) Masculinity and strength.

4. What hormone does the author say that men have more of than women?
(a) Progesterone.
(b) Testosterone.
(c) Cortisol.
(d) Estrogen.

5. The author states that the majority of famous cooks in the world are what?
(a) Men.
(b) Rich.
(c) Women.
(d) Artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the position of the man who stopped the author at the door of her Nigerian hotel?

2. The author states that in today's world, women are taught not to express anger because anger emanating from a woman is considered what?

3. The author explains that many men in Nigeria have been "raised to expect so little of men that the idea of men as savage beings with no self-control is somehow" (31) what?

4. Though the author grants that boys and girls are different biologically, she claims that what practice "exaggerates the differences" (33)?

5. What quality does the author say society praises in girls, but not in boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Adichie describe the difference between prescription and description as they relate to gender?

2. What does Adichie state would be the effects of people living their lives free of gender expectations?

3. How does Adichie characterize her feelings about her home country of Nigeria?

4. What effects does tAdichie list when discussing how society teaches girls to feel ashamed?

5. What difference does Adichie point out about girls are taught to view marriage versus how boys are taught to view marriage?

6. What does tAdichie present as the reason that women do not just "say no to all of this" (28) in relation to gender expectations?

7. What is Adichie's stated reason for wanting to tip the young man who had watched her car in her absence?

8. What is Adichie's suggested solution to the problem of boys and girls seeing money as being linked to masculinity?

9. What is Adichie's purpose in including the scene of her own interrogation by the guard at the Nigerian hotel?

10. What details about the city of Lagos does Adichie reveal within her comparison of the city to other world cities?

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