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

2. The author writes that "Gender as it functions today is a grave" (20) what?
(a) Travesty.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Relic.
(d) Antiquity.

3. What prestigious position was held by Wangari Maathai before her death?
(a) The Kenyan Nobel peace laureate.
(b) The ambassador to Kenya.
(c) The Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.
(d) The United States Poet Laureate.

4. The author brings up the case of a woman she knows who hates what, but pretends to like it because it will make her "good wife material" (33)?
(a) Dressing up.
(b) Domestic duties.
(c) Lacemaking.
(d) Wearing makeup.

5. The author states that she has never thought it made much sense to leave what crucial task in the hands of others?
(a) The ability to provide one's own happiness.
(b) The ability to make oneself proud.
(c) The ability to clean up after oneself.
(d) The ability to nourish oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that modern society teaches boys to do what to their true selves?

2. The author states that society teaches girls to make themselves what?

3. The author states that "the harder a man feels compelled to be, the weaker his" (26) what is?

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

5. The author states that the commands that society tells girls, such as "Close your legs. Cover yourself" (31) are examples of teaching girls what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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