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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 member of the author's family does she describe as brilliant?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her cousin.

2. When the author describes a woman she knows who has the same degree and job as her husband, for the completion of what task does the woman always thank her husband?
(a) For doing the dishes.
(b) For changing their baby's diaper.
(c) For taking out the trash.
(d) For cashing her paycheck.

3. The author states that "it is one thing to know something intellectually, and quite another to feel it" (20) in what way?
(a) Emotionally.
(b) In your gut.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) In your bones.

4. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?
(a) Be submissive.
(b) Manipulate and abuse other women.
(c) Attract or please men.
(d) Settle.

5. What is NOT a way the author feels when she gets ignored in a Nigerian restaurant?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Inhuman.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Upset.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author tells the story of a Nigeran woman she knows who decided to do what for fear of intimidating a possible future husband?

2. What does the author say is more important than changes to policy and law in the fight for gender equality?

3. What word is used in Nigeria in order to describe a woman who likes and is good at domestic duties?

4. In what city does the author say she cannot visit reputable bars and clubs alone?

5. The author states that the most famous cooks in the world are given the "fancy title of" (33) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of experiential learning demonstrated within the anecdote about Louis?

2. What evidence does Adichie provide for her claim that "men and women are different" (16)?

3. What does Adichie judge to be the most severe negative effect society has on boys?

4. How does Adichie set up a juxtaposition between the role of leadership today and the role of leadership 1,000 years ago?

5. How is the appeal of ethos present within Adichie's claim that she cannot go alone into bars and clubs in Nigeria?

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

7. How does Adichie employ irony within her story of the woman who pretended to like housework?

8. What example does Adichie provide for her claim that the city of Lagos has a thriving "entrepreneurial spirit" (16)?

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

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

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