View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states unequivocally that society spends too much time teaching girls to worry about what?
(a) Their future husbands.
(b) What boys think of them.
(c) What other girls think of them.
(d) Their appearance.

2. The author states that to improve the gender problem, we must start by doing what?
(a) By resisting gender-based stereotypes.
(b) By learning as much as we can about feminism.
(c) By weighing each one of our daily actions.
(d) By raising our sons and daughters differently.

3. 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) Injustice.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Hope.
(d) Sadness.

4. The author states that she knows an unmarried woman who does what when she goes to conferences so that she will be given respect by her colleagues?
(a) Brings a male friend with her to pose as her husband.
(b) Wears a wedding ring.
(c) Makes pretend phone calls to her pretend husband.
(d) Tells funny stories about her pretend husband.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. The author marvels at the vast number of magazine articles and books all over the world that teach women how to do what?

3. The author writes that "Anger has a long history of bringing about" (20) what?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What horrific event does Adichie refer to as an effect of Nigerians being raised to think of women as "inherently guilty" (33)?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,100 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample