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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. In addition to being angry about the state of gender in today's world, what other emotion does the author say she feels about this topic?
(a) Hope.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Sadness.

2. The author states that the commands that society tells girls, such as "Close your legs. Cover yourself" (31) are examples of teaching girls what?
(a) To learn to protect their virginity.
(b) To hate themselves.
(c) To fight off sexual advances.
(d) Shame.

3. The author states that women are instructed to always keep in mind that what aspect of life is the most important?
(a) Career.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Travel.
(d) Children.

4. What action is NOT included in the author's list of things American women believe they cannot do if they want to be liked?
(a) Being aggressive.
(b) Showing anger.
(c) Calling herself a feminist.
(d) Disagreeing too loudly.

5. The author says that modern society raises girls who cannot say that they have what?
(a) Goals.
(b) Desire.
(c) Needs.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that "the problem with gender is that it" does what "rather than recognizing how we are" (33)?

2. The author states that the socialization inflicted upon girls makes them grow up to be women who have by then turned what into an art form?

3. 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?

4. The author states that usually when a man states that he has taken an action "for peace in [his] marriage" (31), it is because he has given up what?

5. The author states that most of the positions of power in the world are occupied by whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the late Kenyan Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai mean when she said, "The higher you go, the fewer women there are" (17)?

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

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

5. What example does Adichie provide for her statement that "sometimes it is the little things that sting the most" (21)?

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

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

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

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

10. How is the theme of language obscuring truth displayed within Adichie's mention of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

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