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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 what city does the author teach a writing workshop?
(a) Abuja.
(b) Ibadan.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Jos.

2. The author states that society teaches a woman at a certain age who is still what, to see it as "a deep personal failure" (29)?
(a) Without a home.
(b) Childless.
(c) Unmarried.
(d) Without a career.

3. What word is used in Nigeria in order to describe a woman who likes and is good at domestic duties?
(a) Wifely.
(b) Domestic.
(c) Homey.
(d) Homely.

4. What was NOT one of the questions the man asked the author when he stopped her outside of her Nigerian hotel?
(a) Can you prove that you are a hotel guest by showing me your key card?
(b) Do you know the person you are visiting in the hotel today?
(c) Has your stay been a pleasant one so far?
(d) What is the name and room number of the person you are visiting?

5. The author entreats the reader to "imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of" (33) what?
(a) Gender expectations.
(b) Socialization.
(c) Social norms.
(d) Cultural expectations.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that she has never thought it made much sense to leave what crucial task in the hands of others?

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

3. The author points out that women can perform what action, while men cannot?

4. The author says that modern society raises girls who cannot say that they have what?

5. The author states that in Nigeria, a Nigerian female walking into a hotel alone is automatically assumed to be a what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What instructions does Adichie include within her list of lessons society teaches girls?

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

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

9. How does Adichie differentiate between positive competition between girls and negative competition between girls?

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

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